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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ for example, when specifying the path of the dependency:
../dist/configure --enable-cxx --disable-shared --with-pic --prefix=$BDB_PREFIX
-Here BDB_PREFIX must absolute path - it is defined using $(pwd) which ensures
+Here BDB_PREFIX must be an absolute path - it is defined using $(pwd) which ensures
the usage of the absolute path.
To Build
@@ -67,15 +67,17 @@ Build requirements:
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
+Options when installing required Boost library files:
+
+1. 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
install necessary parts of boost:
- sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev
+ sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev
-If that doesn't work, you can install all boost development packages with:
+2. If that doesn't work, you can install all boost development packages with:
- sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+ sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet. db4.8 packages are available [here](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin).
You can add the repository and install using the following commands: