CLOUDSTACK-1: Working on the new install docs for compiling w/Maven

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<chapter id="sect-source"> <chapter id="sect-source">
<title>Building from Source</title> <title>Building from Source</title>
<para>The official &PRODUCT; release is always in source code form. While there may <para>The official &PRODUCT; release is always in source code form. You will likely be able to find "convenience binaries," the source is the canonical release. In this section, we'll cover acquiring the source release and building that so that you can deploy it using Maven or create Debian packages or RPMs.</para>
exist convenience binaries in various forms from a number of places, the <para>Note that building and deploying directly from source is typically not the most efficient way to deploy an IaaS. However, we will cover that method as well as building RPMs or Debian packages for deploying &PRODUCT;.</para>
source is the canonical release will be source. In this document we'll cover <para>The instructions here are likely version-specific. That is, the method for building from source for the 4.0.x series is different from the 4.1.x series.</para>
acquiring the source release, building that into binary, deployable packages. <para>If you are working with a unreleased version of &PRODUCT;, see the INSTALL.md file in the top-level directory of the release.</para>
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While building and deploying directly from source is certainly possible, the reality
of Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud computing implies a need to deploy packages on
a potentially large number of systems, which RPMs and DEBs fill nicely.
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<para>
Building and deploying directly from source is thus outside the scope of this
document, but is documented in the INSTALL.md file in the release.
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