How to build PMD ? ================== Simply use maven: $ mvn compile PMD now uses a small plugin to generate its website, so if you want to build the website ($ mvn site), you'll need to install it: $ cd ../maven-plugin-pmd-build $ mvn clean install That's all ! How to quickly build a "release" (zipfiles - for testing purpose only) ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.clover.skip=true verify post-site Full release process is documented in src/site/xdocs/pmd-release-process.xml