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[setup] Rewrite Ubuntu install_prereqs from the ground up #22055

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PR [doc] Abandon hope for homebrew packages
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[setup] Rewrite Ubuntu install_prereqs from the ground up
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---
title: Bazel build system
title: Developing Drake using Bazel
---

Drake's primary build system is Bazel. For more information about Bazel, see
[https://bazel.build/](https://bazel.build/).
# New Users

Drake also offers a CMake build system wrapper that invokes Bazel under the
hood.
For first-time users, we strongly suggest using one of the pre-compiled binaries
described on our [installation](/installation.html) page.

# Bazel Installation
Or, if you need to install Drake from source please refer to the
[CMake instructions](from_source.html). Bazel is only used for development;
there is no way to install Drake from Bazel.

Follow Drake's
[platform-specific setup instructions](/from_source.html#mandatory-platform-specific-instructions)
to install bazelisk at ``/usr/bin/bazel``, which will then automatically
download the correct version of Bazel necessary for the build.
This page describes how Drake Developers (and contributors making pull requests)
should develop and test their changes locally.

# Drake clone and platform setup
# Introduction

* Start with a **git clone** of drake, per the [Getting Drake](/from_source.html#getting-drake)
instructions.
* Continue with the *"Mandatory platform-specific instructions"* on the same
page.
Drake's primary build system is [Bazel](https://bazel.build/), which our
developers use to build and test locally and in CI. Bazel enables speedy
development via fine-grained caching of all actions, including tests.

For end users, Drake also offers a CMake build system wrapper that invokes Bazel
as a subprocess and maps CMake build options into Bazel build options, so that
users can install Drake via standard tools without knowing anything about Bazel.
See the [CMake instructions](from_source.html) for details.

# Getting Drake

Run:

```bash
# Get the sources.
git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake.git

# Install the developer dependencies.
drake/setup/install_prereqs --developer
```

We suggest you keep the default clone directory name (``drake``) and not rename
it (e.g., ``drake2``). The CLion integration will suffer if the checkout is not
named ``drake``. (See [CLion IDE setup](clion.html) for details.)

## Using a fork of Drake

The above ``git clone`` command will configure Drake's primary repository as a
remote called ``origin``. If you plan to fork Drake for development, we
recommend that you configure your fork of Drake's primary repository as the
``origin`` remote and Drake's primary repository as the ``upstream``
remote. This can be done by executing the following commands:

```bash
cd drake
git remote set-url origin [email protected]:[your github user name]/drake.git
git remote add upstream https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake.git
git remote set-url --push upstream no_push
```

We recommend that you
[setup SSH access to github.com](https://help.github.com/articles/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account/)
to avoid needing to type your password each time you access it.

# Developing Drake using Bazel

To build or test Drake, run **bazel build** or **bazel test** with the desired
target label (and optional configuration options if desired). We give some
typical examples below; for more reading about target patterns, see:
[https://docs.bazel.build/versions/main/user-manual.html#target-patterns](https://docs.bazel.build/versions/main/user-manual.html#target-patterns).
To build or test Drake, run `bazel build` or `bazel test` with the desired
target label (and optional configuration options if desired). We give some
typical examples below; for more reading about target patterns, see
[target patterns](https://bazel.build/docs/user-manual#target-patterns).

On Ubuntu, the default compiler is the first ``gcc`` compiler in the ``PATH``.
On macOS, the default compiler is the Apple LLVM compiler. To use Clang on
Ubuntu, add ``--config=clang`` after any **bazel build**, **bazel test** or any
other **bazel** commands.
On Ubuntu, the default compiler is GCC. On macOS, the default compiler is the
Apple LLVM compiler. To use Clang on Ubuntu, add ``--config=clang`` after any
`bazel` command.

Cheat sheet for operating on the entire project:

```
```bash
cd /path/to/drake
bazel build //... # Build the entire project.
bazel test //... # Build and test the entire project.
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```

* The "``//``" means "starting from the root of the project".
* The "``...``" means "everything including the subdirectories' ``BUILD`` files".
* Contrast with, e.g., the "``bazel build common:*``" explained below, where
only targets declared *directly* in ``drake/common/BUILD`` are compiled,
and not the targets in ``drake/common/trajectories/BUILD``. The "``*``"
matches targets in that directory; the "``...``" also matches down into
subdirectories.
* The "``...``" means "everything, recursing into subdirectories".

You may use relative pathnames if your shell's working directory is not at the
project root:

```
```bash
cd /path/to/drake/common
bazel build ... # Build everything in common and its child subdirectories.
bazel test ... # Test everything in common and its child subdirectories.
bazel build //... # Build the entire project.
bazel test //... # Build and test the entire project.
```

* As before, the "``...``" above means "everything including subdirectories".
* As before, the "``...``" means "everything, recursing into subdirectories".
* In the first two lines we did not precede "``...``" with "``//``", so the
search begins in the current directory (``common``) and not from the
``drake`` root.
Expand All @@ -74,17 +106,17 @@ bazel test //... # Build and test the entire project.

Cheat sheet for operating on specific portions of the project:

```
```bash
cd /path/to/drake
bazel build common/... # Build everything in common and its child subdirectories.
bazel build common # Build libcommon.
bazel build common:polynomial # Build libpolynomial.
bazel build common:* # Build everything in common but NOT its children.
bazel build common:all # Build everything in common but NOT its children.

bazel test common:polynomial_test # Run one test.
bazel test -c dbg common:polynomial_test # Run one test in debug mode.
bazel test --config=memcheck common:polynomial_test # Run one test under memcheck (valgrind).
bazel test --config=fastmemcheck common:* # Run common's tests under memcheck, with minimal recompiling.
bazel test --config=fastmemcheck common:all # Run common's tests under memcheck, with minimal recompiling.
bazel test --config=kcov common:polynomial_test # Run one test under kcov (see instructions below).
bazel build -c dbg common:polynomial_test && \
gdb bazel-bin/common/polynomial_test # Run one test under gdb.
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* The "``:``" syntax separates target names from the directory path of the
``BUILD`` file they appear in. In this case, for example,
``drake/common/BUILD`` specifies ``cc_test(name = "polynomial_test")``.
``drake/common/BUILD`` specifies ``drake_cc_test(name = "polynomial_test")``.
* Note that the configuration switches (``-c`` and ``--config``) influence the
entire command. For example, running a test in ``dbg`` mode means that its
prerequisite libraries are also compiled and linked in ``dbg`` mode.
* For the definitions of the "``--config``" options see ``drake/tools/bazel.rc``.

## Running with Flags

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In general, to figure out what binary-specific arguments are available, add
"``-- --help``" to your ``bazel run`` command. An an example,

```
```bash
bazel run //examples/acrobot:run_passive -- --help
```

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For a C++ unittest that uses ``drake_cc_googletest``, for example:

```
bazel test multibody/plant:multibody_plant_test --test_output=streamed --nocache_test_results --test_arg=--gtest_filter='*SimpleModelCreation*'
```bash
bazel test //multibody/plant:multibody_plant_test --test_output=streamed --nocache_test_results --test_arg=--gtest_filter='*SimpleModelCreation*'
```

For a Python unittest that uses ``drake_py_unittest``, for example:

```
bazel test bindings/pydrake:py/symbolic_test --test_output=streamed --nocache_test_results --test_arg=--trace=user --test_arg=TestSymbolicVariable
```bash
bazel test //bindings/pydrake:py/symbolic_test --test_output=streamed --nocache_test_results --test_arg=--trace=user --test_arg=TestSymbolicVariable
```

# Updating BUILD files

Please use the "``buildifier``" tool to format edits to ``BUILD`` files (in the
same spirit as ``clang-format`` formatting C++ code):
We use the "``buildifier``" tool to auto-format our ``BUILD`` files (in the same
spirit as ``clang-format`` formatting C++ code):

```
```bash
cd /path/to/drake
bazel-bin/tools/lint/buildifier --all # Reformat all Bazel files.
bazel-bin/tools/lint/buildifier common/BUILD # Only reformat one file.
```

If a BUILD file is mis-formatted, you we see a test failure with instructions
how to fix the problem.

In most cases the ``bazel-bin/tools/lint/buildifier`` will already be compiled
by the time you need it. In case it's absent, you can compile it via:

```
```bash
cd /path/to/drake
bazel build //tools/lint:buildifier
```
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