Compiling ArangoDB from scratch
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The following sections describe how to compile and build the ArangoDB from
scratch. ArangoDB will compile on most Linux and Mac OS X systems. We assume
that you use the GNU C/C++ compiler or clang/clang++ to compile the
source. ArangoDB has been tested with these compilers, but should be able to
compile with any Posix-compliant, C++11-enabled compiler.  Please let us know
whether you successfully compiled it with another C/C++ compiler.

By default, cloning the github repository will checkout **devel**. This version
contains the development version of the ArangoDB.  Use this branch if you want
to make changes to the ArangoDB source.

On windows you first [need to allow and enable symlinks for your user](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Symbolic-Links#allowing-non-administrators-to-create-symbolic-links). 
We now use [git submodules](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule) for V8 and Rocksdb.
Since the V8 git repository also requires external addons to be present, we end 
up with recursive submodules. Thus a clone command now has to look like:

    git clone https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb.git
    cd arangodb
    git submodule update --recursive
    git submodule update --init --recursive




Please checkout the [cookbook](https://docs.arangodb.com/cookbook) on how to
compile ArangoDB.