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diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index bd89978cc2..31a88a1b18 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -79,9 +79,12 @@ install necessary parts of boost: 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). +BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet. + +**For Ubuntu only:** db4.8 packages are available [here](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin). You can add the repository and install using the following commands: + sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev @@ -93,13 +96,13 @@ pass `--with-incompatible-bdb` to configure. See the section "Disable-wallet mode" to build Bitcoin Core without wallet. -Optional: +Optional (see --with-miniupnpc and --enable-upnp-default): - sudo apt-get install libminiupnpc-dev (see --with-miniupnpc and --enable-upnp-default) + sudo apt-get install libminiupnpc-dev -ZMQ dependencies: +ZMQ dependencies (provides ZMQ API 4.x): - sudo apt-get install libzmq3-dev (provides ZMQ API 4.x) + sudo apt-get install libzmq3-dev Dependencies for the GUI: Ubuntu & Debian ----------------------------------------- @@ -293,9 +296,10 @@ These steps can be performed on, for example, an Ubuntu VM. The depends system will also work on other Linux distributions, however the commands for installing the toolchain will be different. -First install the toolchain: +Make sure you install the build requirements mentioned above. +Then, install the toolchain and curl: - sudo apt-get install g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf + sudo apt-get install g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf curl To build executables for ARM: @@ -307,3 +311,35 @@ To build executables for ARM: For further documentation on the depends system see [README.md](../depends/README.md) in the depends directory. + +Building on FreeBSD +-------------------- + +(Updated as of FreeBSD 11.0) + +Clang is installed by default as `cc` compiler, this makes it easier to get +started than on [OpenBSD](build-openbsd.md). Installing dependencies: + + pkg install autoconf automake libtool pkgconf + pkg install boost-libs openssl libevent2 + +(`libressl` instead of `openssl` will also work) + +For the wallet (optional): + + pkg install db5 + +This will give a warning "configure: WARNING: Found Berkeley DB other +than 4.8; wallets opened by this build will not be portable!", but as FreeBSD never +had a binary release, this may not matter. If backwards compatibility +with 4.8-built Bitcoin Core is needed follow the steps under "Berkeley DB" above. + +Then build using: + + ./autogen.sh + ./configure --with-incompatible-bdb BDB_CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include/db5" BDB_LIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -ldb_cxx-5" + make + +*Note on debugging*: The version of `gdb` installed by default is [ancient and considered harmful](https://wiki.freebsd.org/GdbRetirement). +It is not suitable for debugging a multi-threaded C++ program, not even for getting backtraces. Please install the package `gdb` and +use the versioned gdb command e.g. `gdb7111`. |