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diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index fb5eaec431..e03dc8181a 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -27,31 +27,25 @@ This will build bitcoin-qt as well if the dependencies are met. Dependencies --------------------- +These dependencies are required: + Library | Purpose | Description ------------|------------------|---------------------- libssl | SSL Support | Secure communications - libdb4.8 | Berkeley DB | Wallet storage libboost | Boost | C++ Library - miniupnpc | UPnP Support | Optional firewall-jumping support - qt | GUI | GUI toolkit - protobuf | Payments in GUI | Data interchange format used for payment protocol - libqrencode | QR codes in GUI | Optional for generating QR codes - -[miniupnpc](http://miniupnp.free.fr/) may be used for UPnP port mapping. It can be downloaded from [here]( -http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/). UPnP support is compiled in and -turned off by default. See the configure options for upnp behavior desired: + libgmp | secp256k1 | Arbitrary-precision arithmetic (version >= 3.1) - --without-miniupnpc No UPnP support miniupnp not required - --disable-upnp-default (the default) UPnP support turned off by default at runtime - --enable-upnp-default UPnP support turned on by default at runtime +Optional dependencies: -Licenses of statically linked libraries: - Berkeley DB New BSD license with additional requirement that linked - software must be free open source - Boost MIT-like license - miniupnpc New (3-clause) BSD license + Library | Purpose | Description + ------------|------------------|---------------------- + miniupnpc | UPnP Support | Firewall-jumping support + libdb4.8 | Berkeley DB | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled) + qt | GUI | GUI toolkit (only needed when GUI enabled) + protobuf | Payments in GUI | Data interchange format used for payment protocol (only needed when GUI enabled) + libqrencode | QR codes in GUI | Optional for generating QR codes (only needed when GUI enabled) -- For the versions used in the release, see doc/release-process.md under *Fetch and build inputs*. +For the versions used in the release, see [release-process.md](release-process.md) under *Fetch and build inputs*. System requirements -------------------- @@ -64,7 +58,7 @@ Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian ---------------------------------------------- Build requirements: - sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev autoconf pkg-config libssl-dev + sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev autoconf pkg-config libssl-dev libgmp-dev for Ubuntu 12.04 and later or Debian 7 and later libboost-all-dev has to be installed: @@ -129,6 +123,17 @@ symbols, which reduces the executable size by about 90%. miniupnpc --------- + +[miniupnpc](http://miniupnp.free.fr/) may be used for UPnP port mapping. It can be downloaded from [here]( +http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/). UPnP support is compiled in and +turned off by default. See the configure options for upnp behavior desired: + + --without-miniupnpc No UPnP support miniupnp not required + --disable-upnp-default (the default) UPnP support turned off by default at runtime + --enable-upnp-default UPnP support turned on by default at runtime + +To build: + tar -xzvf miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz cd miniupnpc-1.6 make |