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@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ Optional dependencies:
------------|------------------|----------------------
miniupnpc | UPnP Support | Firewall-jumping support
libnatpmp | NAT-PMP Support | Firewall-jumping support
- libdb4.8 | Berkeley DB | Optional, wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
+ libdb4.8 | Berkeley DB | Wallet storage (only needed when legacy wallet enabled)
qt | GUI | GUI toolkit (only needed when GUI enabled)
- libqrencode | QR codes in GUI | Optional for generating QR codes (only needed when GUI enabled)
- univalue | Utility | JSON parsing and encoding (bundled version will be used unless --with-system-univalue passed to configure)
- libzmq3 | ZMQ notification | Optional, allows generating ZMQ notifications (requires ZMQ version >= 4.0.0)
- sqlite3 | SQLite DB | Optional, wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
+ libqrencode | QR codes in GUI | QR code generation (only needed when GUI enabled)
+ libzmq3 | ZMQ notification | ZMQ notifications (requires ZMQ version >= 4.0.0)
+ sqlite3 | SQLite DB | Wallet storage (only needed when descriptor wallet enabled)
+ systemtap | Tracing (USDT) | Statically defined tracepoints
For the versions used, see [dependencies.md](dependencies.md)
@@ -84,19 +84,15 @@ Now, you can either build from self-compiled [depends](/depends/README.md) or in
sudo apt-get install libevent-dev libboost-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-test-dev
-Berkeley DB is required for the wallet.
-
-Ubuntu and Debian have their own `libdb-dev` and `libdb++-dev` packages, but these will install
-Berkeley DB 5.1 or later. This will break binary wallet compatibility with the distributed executables, which
-are based on BerkeleyDB 4.8. If you do not care about wallet compatibility,
-pass `--with-incompatible-bdb` to configure.
-
-Otherwise, you can build Berkeley DB [yourself](#berkeley-db).
-
SQLite is required for the descriptor wallet:
sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev
+Berkeley DB is required for the legacy wallet. Ubuntu and Debian have their own `libdb-dev` and `libdb++-dev` packages,
+but these will install Berkeley DB 5.1 or later. This will break binary wallet compatibility with the distributed
+executables, which are based on BerkeleyDB 4.8. If you do not care about wallet compatibility, pass
+`--with-incompatible-bdb` to configure. Otherwise, you can build Berkeley DB [yourself](#berkeley-db).
+
To build Bitcoin Core without wallet, see [*Disable-wallet mode*](#disable-wallet-mode)
Optional port mapping libraries (see: `--with-miniupnpc`, `--enable-upnp-default`, and `--with-natpmp`, `--enable-natpmp-default`):
@@ -107,6 +103,10 @@ ZMQ dependencies (provides ZMQ API):
sudo apt-get install libzmq3-dev
+User-Space, Statically Defined Tracing (USDT) dependencies:
+
+ sudo apt install systemtap-sdt-dev
+
GUI dependencies:
If you want to build bitcoin-qt, make sure that the required packages for Qt development
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ To build with Qt 5 you need the following:
sudo apt-get install libqt5gui5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools
+Additionally, to support Wayland protocol for modern desktop environments:
+
+ sudo apt install qtwayland5
+
libqrencode (optional) can be installed with:
sudo apt-get install libqrencode-dev
@@ -137,20 +141,18 @@ Now, you can either build from self-compiled [depends](/depends/README.md) or in
sudo dnf install libevent-devel boost-devel
-Berkeley DB is required for the wallet:
+SQLite is required for the descriptor wallet:
+
+ sudo dnf install sqlite-devel
+
+Berkeley DB is required for the legacy wallet:
sudo dnf install libdb4-devel libdb4-cxx-devel
Newer Fedora releases, since Fedora 33, have only `libdb-devel` and `libdb-cxx-devel` packages, but these will install
Berkeley DB 5.3 or later. This will break binary wallet compatibility with the distributed executables, which
are based on Berkeley DB 4.8. If you do not care about wallet compatibility,
-pass `--with-incompatible-bdb` to configure.
-
-Otherwise, you can build Berkeley DB [yourself](#berkeley-db).
-
-SQLite is required for the descriptor wallet:
-
- sudo dnf install sqlite-devel
+pass `--with-incompatible-bdb` to configure. Otherwise, you can build Berkeley DB [yourself](#berkeley-db).
To build Bitcoin Core without wallet, see [*Disable-wallet mode*](#disable-wallet-mode)
@@ -162,6 +164,10 @@ ZMQ dependencies (provides ZMQ API):
sudo dnf install zeromq-devel
+User-Space, Statically Defined Tracing (USDT) dependencies:
+
+ sudo dnf install systemtap
+
GUI dependencies:
If you want to build bitcoin-qt, make sure that the required packages for Qt development
@@ -172,6 +178,10 @@ To build with Qt 5 you need the following:
sudo dnf install qt5-qttools-devel qt5-qtbase-devel
+Additionally, to support Wayland protocol for modern desktop environments:
+
+ sudo dnf install qt5-qtwayland
+
libqrencode (optional) can be installed with:
sudo dnf install qrencode-devel
@@ -208,8 +218,10 @@ turned off by default. See the configure options for NAT-PMP behavior desired:
Berkeley DB
-----------
-It is recommended to use Berkeley DB 4.8. If you have to build it yourself,
-you can use [the installation script included in contrib/](/contrib/install_db4.sh)
+
+The legacy wallet uses Berkeley DB. To ensure backwards compatibility it is
+recommended to use Berkeley DB 4.8. If you have to build it yourself, you can
+use [the installation script included in contrib/](/contrib/install_db4.sh)
like so:
```shell
@@ -222,15 +234,6 @@ Otherwise, you can build Bitcoin Core from self-compiled [depends](/depends/READ
**Note**: You only need Berkeley DB if the wallet is enabled (see [*Disable-wallet mode*](#disable-wallet-mode)).
-Boost
------
-If you need to build Boost yourself:
-
- sudo su
- ./bootstrap.sh
- ./bjam install
-
-
Security
--------
To help make your Bitcoin Core installation more secure by making certain attacks impossible to
@@ -309,7 +312,7 @@ This example lists the steps necessary to setup and build a command line only, n
Note:
Enabling wallet support requires either compiling against a Berkeley DB newer than 4.8 (package `db`) using `--with-incompatible-bdb`,
or building and depending on a local version of Berkeley DB 4.8. The readily available Arch Linux packages are currently built using
-`--with-incompatible-bdb` according to the [PKGBUILD](https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/bitcoin/trunk/PKGBUILD).
+`--with-incompatible-bdb` according to the [PKGBUILD](https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/blob/packages/bitcoin/trunk/PKGBUILD).
As mentioned above, when maintaining portability of the wallet between the standard Bitcoin Core distributions and independently built
node software is desired, Berkeley DB 4.8 must be used.
@@ -331,7 +334,7 @@ To build executables for ARM:
make HOST=arm-linux-gnueabihf NO_QT=1
cd ..
./autogen.sh
- CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/arm-linux-gnueabihf/share/config.site ./configure --enable-glibc-back-compat --enable-reduce-exports LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++
+ CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/arm-linux-gnueabihf/share/config.site ./configure --enable-reduce-exports LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++
make