Building Log4j 2 To build Log4j 2, you need a JDK implementation version 1.6 or greater, and Apache Maven. To build the site, from a command line, run: mvn clean install mvn site On Windows, use a local staging directory, for example: mvn site:stage-deploy -DstagingSiteURL=file:///%HOME%/log4j On UNIX, use a local staging directory, for example: mvn site:stage-deploy -DstagingSiteURL=file:///$HOME/log4j To test, run: mvn test Then, to test OSGi, you must first create the jars: mvn install -DskipTests mvn package -DskipTests Next, you can run the tests as usual, which will pick up the jar files to use as OSGi bundles from the various target directories: mvn test