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| author | Luke Dashjr <luke-jr+git@utopios.org> | 2016-02-03 05:41:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Luke Dashjr <luke-jr+git@utopios.org> | 2016-02-03 05:41:13 +0000 |
| commit | a68bb9f5e7ef1da5c044907dc3a1d3d4a4dbc2cc (patch) | |
| tree | 7e3932c75353499d6659b4f5a94b40e07e64c364 /doc/build-unix.md | |
| parent | 027fdb83b41ae9e9125cf61f6460c03ab34e5961 (diff) | |
| parent | fd13fe7ca01b6104ce591af2b90ee6951ccc5a16 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' into single_prodname
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diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 159a140608..60c9d57b0a 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -50,18 +50,21 @@ Optional dependencies: For the versions used in the release, see [release-process.md](release-process.md) under *Fetch and build inputs*. -System requirements +Memory Requirements -------------------- -C++ compilers are memory-hungry. It is recommended to have at least 1 GB of -memory available when compiling Bitcoin Core. With 512MB of memory or less -compilation will take much longer due to swap thrashing. +C++ compilers are memory-hungry. It is recommended to have at least 1.5 GB of +memory available when compiling Bitcoin Core. On systems with less, gcc can be +tuned to conserve memory with additional CXXFLAGS: + + + ./configure CXXFLAGS="--param ggc-min-expand=1 --param ggc-min-heapsize=32768" Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian ---------------------------------------------- Build requirements: - sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev autoconf pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils + sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils On at least Ubuntu 14.04+ and Debian 7+ there are generic names for the individual boost development packages, so the following can be used to only @@ -236,3 +239,9 @@ In this case there is no dependency on Berkeley DB 4.8. Mining is also possible in disable-wallet mode, but only using the `getblocktemplate` RPC call not `getwork`. + +Additional Configure Flags +-------------------------- +A list of additional configure flags can be displayed with: + + ./configure --help |