Building Bisq

Install Git LFS

Bisq uses Git LFS (Large File Storage) to track certain large binary files. Follow the instructions at https://git-lfs.github.com to install it, then run the following to command to verify the installation:
```
git lfs version
```
On some distributions (happens with Xubuntu x64 on VM) this might return an error like:
```
 git: 'lfs' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
 The most similar command is
 log
```
if the above happens, you should first run: sudo apt install git-lfs in order to properly install the lfs package.

You should see the version of Git LFS you installed, for example:
```
git-lfs/2.10.0 (GitHub; darwin amd64; go 1.13.6)
```

Clone Bisq

git clone https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq
cd bisq

Pull LFS data
```
git lfs pull
```
Build Bisq

On macOS and Linux, execute:
```
./gradlew build
```
On Windows:
```
gradlew.bat build
```
If you prefer to skip tests to speed up the building process, just append -x test to the previous commands.

You do not need to install Gradle to build Bisq. The gradlew shell script will install it for you, if necessary.
Bisq currently works with JDK 11 and JDK 15. You can find out which version you have with:
```
javac -version
```

If you do not have JDK 11 installed, check out scripts in the scripts directory or download it manually from https://jdk.java.net/archive/.

Running Bisq

Once Bisq is installed, its executables will be available in the root project directory. Run Bisq Desktop as follows:

On macOS and Linux:

./bisq-desktop

On Windows:

bisq-desktop.bat