# Building from Source

# Building with Maven

# Step 1: Setup Github credentials

Create a settings.xml file with your GitHub username and personal authentication token. This is required to download dependencies from the GitHub Package Manager.

Token Permissions

Use classic token with read:packages permissions.

settings.xml
<settings>
    <servers>
        <server>
            <id>github</id>
            <username>YOUR-GITHUB-USERNAME</username>
            <password>YOUR-GITHUB-PAT</password>
        </server>
    </servers>
</settings>

# Step 2: Install

To compile the cBioPortal source code, move into the root directory and run the following maven command. Remember to pass your settings.xml that you created in the previous step:

mvn --settings settings.xml -DskipTests clean install

Note: cBioPortal 6.X requires Java 21