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 # Building KickC
 
-To build a local version of KickC you need to install Java JDK 8 and Maven.
+The prerequisites for locally building KickC is Java JDK 8 and Apache Maven.
+
+*  https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase
+*  https://maven.apache.org
+
+The steps to build KickC is
+
+1.  Download, Fork or Clone the source code from https://gitlab.com/camelot/kickc 
+2.  Build and package the KickC compiler by entering the source directory and executing "mvn package"
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