Debian/Ubuntu install

The following command will install tools and libraries required to build and install the Apache Thrift compiler and C++ libraries on a Debian/Ubuntu Linux based system.

sudo apt-get install automake bison flex g++ git libboost-all-dev libevent-dev libssl-dev libtool make pkg-config

Debian 7/Ubuntu 12 users need to manually install a more recent version of automake and (for C++ library and test support) boost:

wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/automake-1.15/automake_1.15-3_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i automake_1.15-3_all.deb

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.60.0/boost_1_60_0.tar.gz                                                                      tar xvf boost_1_60_0.tar.gz
cd boost_1_60_0
./bootstrap.sh
sudo ./b2 install

Optional packages

If you would like to build Apache Thrift libraries for other programming languages you may need to install additional packages. The following languages require the specified additional packages:

  • Java
    • packages: gradle (version 8.4)
    • You will also need Java JDK v1.8 or higher. Type javac to see a list of available packages, pick the one you prefer and apt-get install it (e.g. default-jdk).
  • Ruby
    • ruby-full ruby-dev ruby-rspec rake rubygems bundler
  • Python
    • python-all python-all-dev python-all-dbg
  • Perl
    • libbit-vector-perl libclass-accessor-class-perl
  • Php, install
    • php5-dev php5-cli phpunit
  • C_glib
    • libglib2.0-dev
  • Erlang
    • erlang-base erlang-eunit erlang-dev rebar
  • NetStd
    • apt-transport-https dotnet-sdk-6.0 aspnetcore-runtime-6.0
  • Thrift Compiler for Windows
    • mingw-w64 mingw-w64-x86-64-dev nsis
  • Rust
    • rustc cargo
  • Haxe
    • haxe
  • Lua
    • lua5.3 liblua5.3-dev
  • NodeJs
    • nodejs npm
  • dotnetcore
  • d-lang
  • dart & pub

Additional reading

For more information on the requirements see: Apache Thrift Requirements

For more information on building and installing Thrift see: Building from source