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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@protonmail.com>2020-12-10 19:17:29 +0100
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@protonmail.com>2020-12-10 19:18:38 +0100
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Merge #20612: [0.21] final rc3 backports
48134a09adef3b5302cdd6e95500db404c9ac961 doc: Update wallet database installation guide for macOS (Hennadii Stepanov) f51e1cb2917bbd7b0966a7ad688e04fc3ce02ccf build: Use Homebrew's sqlite package if it is available (Hennadii Stepanov) 48f8929aade118469cb0014e78a15b4e71fdd17d build, refactor: Check that Homebrew's qt5 package is actually installed (Hennadii Stepanov) 96124a204193ed114ca9594df7d5151206990e91 build: Check that Homebrew's berkeley-db4 package is actually installed (Hennadii Stepanov) 61e316e66168be593fcc90b90217062fa9d993dc Don't set BDB flags when configuring without (Jonas Schnelli) ce13b99020df8d46a9b594add3c49e38d4601b42 Add regression test for incorrect decoding (Pieter Wuille) 1caa32e3f2a74cd5700a4afe8ecf650f9020fb5c Improve heuristic hex transaction decoding (Pieter Wuille) 0d3c140c4db051fb33c2935ad9536f0f4aa2a8c5 test: add coverage for passing fee rate as a string (Jon Atack) 06c84232b310e6196c814894537ad935d773fe98 wallet, bugfix: allow send to take string fee rate values (Jon Atack) bead93547067e4b62b44fba335f1d4697119c2d7 Send and require SENDADDRV2 before VERACK (Pieter Wuille) 9e806887a8f9ef63431b28d7dfd0470aa663dd02 Don't send 'sendaddrv2' to pre-70016 software (Pieter Wuille) Pull request description: ACKs for top commit: laanwj: ACK 48134a09adef3b5302cdd6e95500db404c9ac961 Tree-SHA512: 92f1199b96ab7775f88e882ec7fedf43118a4b8452d1c8d0b1cf072d8de153bbb601c7381bc1c5c80c93803c6f9942d54646e9c74e3a6703ce13854fb383fd5e
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Then install [Homebrew](https://brew.sh).
## Dependencies
```shell
-brew install automake berkeley-db4 libtool boost miniupnpc pkg-config python qt libevent qrencode sqlite
+brew install automake libtool boost miniupnpc pkg-config python qt libevent qrencode
```
If you run into issues, check [Homebrew's troubleshooting page](https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting).
@@ -30,7 +30,22 @@ If you want to build the disk image with `make deploy` (.dmg / optional), you ne
brew install librsvg
```
-## Berkeley DB
+The wallet support requires one or both of the dependencies ([*SQLite*](#sqlite) and [*Berkeley DB*](#berkeley-db)) in the sections below.
+To build Bitcoin Core without wallet, see [*Disable-wallet mode*](#disable-wallet-mode).
+
+#### SQLite
+
+Usually, macOS installation already has a suitable SQLite installation.
+Also, the Homebrew package could be installed:
+
+```shell
+brew install sqlite
+```
+
+In that case the Homebrew package will prevail.
+
+#### Berkeley DB
+
It is recommended to use Berkeley DB 4.8. If you have to build it yourself,
you can use [this](/contrib/install_db4.sh) script to install it
like so:
@@ -41,7 +56,11 @@ like so:
from the root of the repository.
-**Note**: You only need Berkeley DB if the wallet is enabled (see [*Disable-wallet mode*](/doc/build-osx.md#disable-wallet-mode)).
+Also, the Homebrew package could be installed:
+
+```shell
+brew install berkeley-db4
+```
## Build Bitcoin Core
@@ -72,14 +91,14 @@ from the root of the repository.
make deploy
```
-## `disable-wallet` mode
+## Disable-wallet mode
When the intention is to run only a P2P node without a wallet, Bitcoin Core may be
-compiled in `disable-wallet` mode with:
+compiled in disable-wallet mode with:
```shell
./configure --disable-wallet
```
-In this case there is no dependency on Berkeley DB 4.8 and SQLite.
+In this case there is no dependency on [*Berkeley DB*](#berkeley-db) and [*SQLite*](#sqlite).
Mining is also possible in disable-wallet mode using the `getblocktemplate` RPC call.