We provide pre-built Infer binaries for Linux and MacOS.
If you just wish to use Infer, and are not interested in making contributions to it, then these binaries are all you need.
Otherwise, if you wish to compile Infer, here are also instructions to do so, depending on your operating system.
We provide pre-built Infer binaries for Linux and MacOS. If you just
wish to use Infer, and are not interested in making contributions to
it, then these binaries are all you need. Otherwise, if you wish to
compile Infer, here are also instructions to do so, depending on your
operating system.
- [Install the Infer binaries](INSTALL.md#install-the-infer-binaries)
- [Mac OS X](INSTALL.md#mac-os-x)
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###Requirements
- Python 2.7
- Python >= 2.7
###Mac OS X
Get the latest `infer-osx-vXX.tar.xz` from [infer releases](https://github.com/facebook/infer/releases) and run the commands below in your terminal to install Infer.
Get the latest `infer-osx-vXX.tar.xz` from [infer
releases](https://github.com/facebook/infer/releases) and run the
Get the latest `infer-linux64-vXX.tar.xz` from [infer releases](https://github.com/facebook/infer/releases) and run the commands below in your terminal to install Infer.
Get the latest `infer-linux64-vXX.tar.xz` from [infer
releases](https://github.com/facebook/infer/releases) and run the
The following instructions describe how to compile Infer on different platforms.
The following instructions describe how to compile Infer on different
platforms.
###Requirements
- Python 2.7
- Python >= 2.7
### Download the Infer repository
```bash
git clone https://github.com/facebook/infer.git
```
To analyse C and ObjC, Infer requires clang and the [facebook-clang-plugin](https://github.com/facebook/facebook-clang-plugins). If you wish to analyse only Java/Android code, then you could skip these dependencies. Details below.
To analyse C and ObjC, Infer requires clang and the
[facebook-clang-plugin](https://github.com/facebook/facebook-clang-plugins). If
you wish to analyse only Java/Android code, then you could skip these
If you do not require support for the C/Objective C analysis in Infer, and only wish to analyse Java files, continue with these instructions. By the way, Java 1.8 is not supported.
If you do not require support for the C/Objective-C analysis in Infer,
and only wish to analyse Java files, continue with these
instructions. By the way, Java 1.8 is not supported.
```bash
cd infer
make -C infer java
export PATH=`pwd`/infer/bin:$PATH
```
To compile support for both Java and C/Objective C, do this instead.
To compile support for both Java and C/Objective-C, do this instead.
These instructions were tested on Linux (64 Bit), on the following distributions: Debian 7, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS.
These instructions were tested on Linux 64 bits on the following
distributions: Debian 7, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS.
Install the OCaml dependencies:
Install OCaml dependencies:
```bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
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eval `./opam config env`
./opam install sawja.1.5 atdgen.1.5.0 javalib.2.3 extlib.1.5.4 #(then say 'y' to the question)
```
If you do not require support for the C/Objective C analysis in Infer, and only wish to analyse Java files, continue with these instructions. By the way, Java 1.8 is not supported.
If you do not require support for the C/Objective-C analysis in Infer,
and only wish to analyse Java files, continue with these
instructions. By the way, Java 1.8 is not supported.
```bash
cd infer
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export PATH=`pwd`/infer/bin:$PATH
```
To compile support for both Java and C/Objective C, do this instead. If your distribution is Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, you need to install `gcc 4.8` and `g++ 4.8` as well. Follow the following instructions to do that. You may skip this step in other distributions.
To compile support for both Java and C/Objective-C, do this
instead. This assumes that gcc >= 4.7.2 is already installed on your
system. If your distribution is Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, you can install
gcc-4.8 and g++-4.8. Follow the following instructions to do that. You
may skip this step in other distributions with a recent enough version