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 Ceph Source Code
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You can build Ceph from source by downloading a release or cloning the ``ceph``
repository at github. If you intend to build Ceph from source, please see the
build pre-requisites first. Making sure you have all the pre-requisites
will save you time.

.. toctree::

   Prerequisites <build-prerequisites>
   Get a Tarball <downloading-a-ceph-release>
   Clone the Source <cloning-the-ceph-source-code-repository>
   Build the Source <building-ceph>
   Build a Package <build-packages>
   Contributing Code <contributing>
