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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-openbsd.md b/doc/build-openbsd.md
index 584ee43d48..2b051c078c 100644
--- a/doc/build-openbsd.md
+++ b/doc/build-openbsd.md
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ OpenBSD build guide
======================
(updated for OpenBSD 6.7)
-This guide describes how to build bitcoind and command-line utilities on OpenBSD.
-
-OpenBSD is most commonly used as a server OS, so this guide does not contain instructions for building the GUI.
+This guide describes how to build bitcoind, bitcoin-qt, and command-line utilities on OpenBSD.
Preparation
-------------
@@ -13,6 +11,7 @@ Run the following as root to install the base dependencies for building:
```bash
pkg_add git gmake libevent libtool boost
+pkg_add qt5 # (optional for enabling the GUI)
pkg_add autoconf # (select highest version, e.g. 2.69)
pkg_add automake # (select highest version, e.g. 1.16)
pkg_add python # (select highest version, e.g. 3.8)
@@ -80,6 +79,14 @@ To configure without wallet:
./configure --disable-wallet --with-gui=no CC=cc CC_FOR_BUILD=cc CXX=c++ MAKE=gmake
```
+To configure with GUI:
+```bash
+./configure --with-gui=yes CC=cc CXX=c++ \
+ BDB_LIBS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib -ldb_cxx-4.8" \
+ BDB_CFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include" \
+ MAKE=gmake
+```
+
Build and run the tests:
```bash
gmake # use -jX here for parallelism