github.com/yankunsam/loki/v2@v2.6.3-0.20220817130409-389df5235c27/docs/sources/installation/install-from-source.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: Build from source 3 weight: 50 4 --- 5 # Build from source 6 7 Clone the Grafana Loki repository and use the provided `Makefile` 8 to build Loki from source. 9 10 ## Prerequisites 11 12 - [Go](https://golang.org/), version 1.14 or later; 13 set your `$GOPATH` environment variable 14 - `make` 15 - Docker (for updating protobuf and yacc files) 16 17 ## Build locally 18 19 1. Clone Loki to `$GOPATH/src/github.com/grafana/loki`: 20 21 ```bash 22 git clone https://github.com/grafana/loki $GOPATH/src/github.com/grafana/loki 23 ``` 24 25 2. With a current working directory of `$GOPATH/src/github.com/grafana/loki`: 26 27 ```bash 28 make loki 29 ``` 30 31 The built executable will be in `$GOPATH/src/github.com/grafana/loki/cmd/loki/loki`.