This project demonstrates how to use a precompiled binary build of Drake automatically downloaded via Bazel.
For an introduction to Bazel, refer to Getting Started with Bazel.
You must be using one of Drake's Supported Configurations.
You must have already installed Bazel or Bazelisk.
The commands given in these instructions assume that your working directory is
drake-external-examples/drake_bazel_download.
Install the required system packages:
bazel run //:install_prereqs
To build and test all apps:
bazel test //...
As an example to run a binary directly:
bazel run //apps:simple_logging_example
You may also run the binary directly per the bazel-bin/... path that the
above command prints out; however, be aware that your working directories may
cause differences. This is important when using tools like
drake::FindResource / pydrake.common.FindResource.
You may generally want to stick to using bazel run when able.