# How to rebuild from source in Ubuntu

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-rebuild-from-source-in-ubuntu/486004>\
**Category:** Platform & Builds\
**Tags:** rebuild, ubuntu, Linux, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [July 9, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-rebuild-from-source-in-ubuntu/486004 "2021-07-09T23:22:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![colin181](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@colin181](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/colin181)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-rebuild-from-source-in-ubuntu/486004/1 "2021-07-09T23:22:36Z")

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Title says it all, I am trying to rebuild a UE4 project from source in Ubuntu. I tried to install a plugin but I got a message telling me to rebuild from source. There is plenty of documentation on this in Windows using Visual Studio, but unfortunately nothing on Windows. Any tips?

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**Author:** ![Acheta\_Games](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Acheta\_Games](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Acheta_Games)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-rebuild-from-source-in-ubuntu/486004/2 "2021-07-09T23:29:53Z")

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Hello

```
<PATH TO UE4>/Engine/Build/BatchFiles/Linux/Build.sh Linux Development -Project=<PATH TO PROJECTS>/<ProjectName>/<ProjectName>.uproject -TargetType=Editor

```

If you keep on having issues join Unreal Slackers and we can help out there. (This comes from a pinned message there:D)