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1. Download from Apache git repository. Follow instructions here. Checkout branch S4-22
2. Compile and install S4 in the local maven repository: (you can also let the tests run, which is currently quite long: we're not yet using mocks)

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   S4:incubator-s4$ ./gradlew install -DskipTests .... verbose logs ...

3. Build the startup scripts: 

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   S4:incubator-s4$ ./gradlew s4-tools:installApp .... verbose logs  ...:s4-tools:installApp

If you work with NFS, you may have to tell the build tool (gradle) to use the local file system for caches and repositories:

./gradlew install -g /S4/.gradle/ --project-cache-dir /S4/s4

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Start a new application

S4 provides some scripts in order to simplify development and testing of applications. Let's see how to create a new project and start a sample application.

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