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diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 8a102abaea..b823c23e0c 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ UNIX BUILD NOTES ==================== Some notes on how to build Bitcoin Core in Unix. -(for OpenBSD specific instructions, see [build-openbsd.md](build-openbsd.md)) +(For BSD specific instructions, see [build-openbsd.md](build-openbsd.md) and/or +[build-netbsd.md](build-netbsd.md)) Note --------------------- @@ -61,8 +62,13 @@ tuned to conserve memory with additional CXXFLAGS: ./configure CXXFLAGS="--param ggc-min-expand=1 --param ggc-min-heapsize=32768" -Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian ----------------------------------------------- + +## Linux Distribution Specific Instructions + +### Ubuntu & Debian + +#### Dependency Build Instructions + Build requirements: sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils python3 @@ -104,8 +110,7 @@ ZMQ dependencies (provides ZMQ API 4.x): sudo apt-get install libzmq3-dev -Dependencies for the GUI: Ubuntu & Debian ------------------------------------------ +#### Dependencies for the GUI If you want to build Bitcoin-Qt, make sure that the required packages for Qt development are installed. Either Qt 5 or Qt 4 are necessary to build the GUI. @@ -127,8 +132,11 @@ libqrencode (optional) can be installed with: Once these are installed, they will be found by configure and a bitcoin-qt executable will be built by default. -Dependency Build Instructions: Fedora -------------------------------------- + +### Fedora + +#### Dependency Build Instructions + Build requirements: sudo dnf install gcc-c++ libtool make autoconf automake openssl-devel libevent-devel boost-devel libdb4-devel libdb4-cxx-devel python3 @@ -165,33 +173,16 @@ turned off by default. See the configure options for upnp behavior desired: Berkeley DB ----------- -It is recommended to use Berkeley DB 4.8. If you have to build it yourself: +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 -```bash -BITCOIN_ROOT=$(pwd) - -# Pick some path to install BDB to, here we create a directory within the bitcoin directory -BDB_PREFIX="${BITCOIN_ROOT}/db4" -mkdir -p $BDB_PREFIX - -# Fetch the source and verify that it is not tampered with -wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz' -echo '12edc0df75bf9abd7f82f821795bcee50f42cb2e5f76a6a281b85732798364ef db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz' | sha256sum -c -# -> db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz: OK -tar -xzvf db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz - -# Build the library and install to our prefix -cd db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix/ -# Note: Do a static build so that it can be embedded into the executable, instead of having to find a .so at runtime -../dist/configure --enable-cxx --disable-shared --with-pic --prefix=$BDB_PREFIX -make install - -# Configure Bitcoin Core to use our own-built instance of BDB -cd $BITCOIN_ROOT -./autogen.sh -./configure LDFLAGS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib/" CPPFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include/" # (other args...) +```shell +./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd` ``` +from the root of the repository. + **Note**: You only need Berkeley DB if the wallet is enabled (see the section *Disable-Wallet mode* below). Boost @@ -329,17 +320,13 @@ You need to use GNU make (`gmake`) instead of `make`. 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. + ./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd` + setenv BDB_PREFIX $PWD/db4 Then build using: ./autogen.sh - ./configure --with-incompatible-bdb BDB_CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include/db5" BDB_LIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -ldb_cxx-5" + ./configure BDB_CFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include" BDB_LIBS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib -ldb_cxx" gmake *Note on debugging*: The version of `gdb` installed by default is [ancient and considered harmful](https://wiki.freebsd.org/GdbRetirement). |