Building ORC

Building both C++ and Java

The C++ library is supported on the following operating systems:

  • CentOS 7
  • Debian 10 to 12
  • MacOS 12 to 14
  • Ubuntu 20.04 to 24.04

You’ll want to install the usual set of developer tools, but at least:

  • cmake
  • g++ or clang++
  • java ( >= 17)
  • make
  • maven ( >= 3)

For each version of Linux, please check the corresponding Dockerfile, which is in the docker subdirectory, for the list of packages required to build ORC:

To build a normal release:

% mkdir build
% cd build
% cmake ..
% make package test-out

ORC’s C++ build supports three build types, which are controlled by adding -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<type> to the cmake command.

  • RELWITHDEBINFO (default) - Optimized with debug information
  • DEBUG - Unoptimized with debug information
  • RELEASE - Optimized with no debug information

If your make command fails, it is useful to see the actual commands that make is invoking:

% make package test-out VERBOSE=1

Building just Java

You’ll need to install:

  • java (>= 17)
  • maven (>= 3)

To build:

% cd java
% ./mvnw package

Building just C++

% mkdir build
% cd build
% cmake .. -DBUILD_JAVA=OFF
% make package test-out

Specify third-party libraries for C++ build

% mkdir build
% cd build
% cmake .. -DSNAPPY_HOME=<PATH> \
           -DZLIB_HOME=<PATH> \
           -DLZ4_HOME=<PATH> \
           -DGTEST_HOME=<PATH> \
           -DPROTOBUF_HOME=<PATH>
% make package test-out