Building Neo4j from the source

Neo4j is an open source software that is readily available to other open source developers to change the source code according to their requirements.

In this recipe, you will learn how to build Neo4j from the source.

Getting ready

To get started with this recipe, install JDK and Maven before building Neo4j.

How to do it...

Run the following commands to build Neo4j from the source:

git clone https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j.git
cd neo4j
mvn clean install

A good approach for this recipe will be to go through the readme file, which is present in the top level directory, and follow the steps given in that file. For more information, please refer to https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/.

How it works...

Neo4j is open source and Java based. It is built using Maven.

There's more…

To know more about how to build Neo4j from the source, go to https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/.