Software Requirements
This page describes various system software required to run the cBioPortal.
MySQL
The cBioPortal software should run properly on MySQL version 5.x.x; to avoid a known issue while loading the database schema, 5.7.x or lower is recommended. The software can be found and downloaded from the MySQL website.
On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install mysql-server
MongoDB
The session service uses MongoDB 3.6.6
Java
As of this writing, the cBioPortal can be compiled and run from Java 8.0 and above. The software can be found and download from the Oracle website.
On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install default-jdk
Apache Maven
The cBioPortal source code is an Apache Maven driven project. The software needs to be downloaded and installed prior to building the application from source code. It can be found on the Apache Maven website. We are currently using version 3.5.4.
On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install maven
Git
You will need a git client to download the cBioPortal source code.
On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install git