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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-05-01 09:56:36 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-05-01 09:59:23 +0200 |
| commit | bfb154e9fcfdbbd17aaef2e6e36542529cc8d6fd (patch) | |
| tree | e8cb4d3b86688d0c6782f7336b433215e18a887b | |
| parent | d0a2e2eb877de37710eb01be5ba05f43e5565bb8 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-bfb154e9fcfdbbd17aaef2e6e36542529cc8d6fd.tar.xz | |
Update build instructions for Berkeley DB
- People were having problems with the .so when installing in
alternative locations.
Like gitian, build a static library with -fPIC that can
be embedded into the executables.
- Add some missing steps
- Add reminder that BerkeleyDB is only needed when wallet support is
enabled
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/build-unix.md | 36 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 498bfa1e0f..2a5738586d 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -137,17 +137,33 @@ miniupnpc Berkeley DB ----------- -You need Berkeley DB 4.8. If you have to build it yourself: - - wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz' - echo '12edc0df75bf9abd7f82f821795bcee50f42cb2e5f76a6a281b85732798364ef db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz' | sha256sum -c - # -> db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz: OK - tar -xzvf db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz - cd build_unix/ - ../dist/configure --enable-cxx - make - sudo make install +It is recommended to use Berkeley DB 4.8. If you have to build it yourself: + +```bash +BITCOIN_ROOT=$(pwd) + +# Pick some path to install BDB to, here we create a directory within the bitcoin directory +BDB_PREFIX="${BITCOIN_ROOT}/db4" +mkdir -p $BDB_PREFIX + +# Fetch the source and verify that it is not tampered with +wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz' +echo '12edc0df75bf9abd7f82f821795bcee50f42cb2e5f76a6a281b85732798364ef db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz' | sha256sum -c +# -> db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz: OK +tar -xzvf db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz + +# Build the library and install to our prefix +cd db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix/ +# Note: Do a static build so that it can be embedded into the exectuable, instead of having to find a .so at runtime +../dist/configure --enable-cxx --disable-shared --with-pic --prefix=$BDB_PREFIX +make install + +# Configure Bitcoin Core to use our own-built instance of BDB +cd $BITCOIN_ROOT +./configure (other args...) LDFLAGS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib/" CPPFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include/" +``` +**Note**: You only need Berkeley DB if the wallet is enabled (see the section *Disable-Wallet mode* below). Boost ----- |