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@@ -22,38 +22,63 @@ the graphical bitcoin.
Dependencies
------------
+
+ Library Purpose Description
+ ------- ------- -----------
+ libssl SSL Support Secure communications
+ libdb4.8 Berkeley DB Blockchain & wallet storage
+ libboost Boost C++ Library
+ miniupnpc UPnP Support Optional firewall-jumping support
+
+miniupnpc may be used for UPnP port mapping. It can be downloaded from
+http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/. UPnP support is compiled in and
+turned off by default. Set USE_UPNP to a different value to control this:
+ USE_UPNP= No UPnP support - miniupnp not required
+ USE_UPNP=0 (the default) UPnP support turned off by default at runtime
+ USE_UPNP=1 UPnP support turned on by default at runtime
+
+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
+
+Versions used in this release:
+ GCC 4.3.3
+ OpenSSL 0.9.8g
+ Berkeley DB 4.8.30.NC
+ Boost 1.37
+ miniupnpc 1.6
+
+
+Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian
+----------------------------------------------
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev
sudo apt-get install libdb4.8++-dev
-Boost 1.40+: sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
-or Boost 1.37: sudo apt-get install libboost1.37-dev
+ Boost 1.40+: sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+ or Boost 1.37: sudo apt-get install libboost1.37-dev
If using Boost 1.37, append -mt to the boost libraries in the makefile.
-Requires miniupnpc for UPnP port mapping. It can be downloaded from
-http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/. UPnP support is compiled in and
-turned off by default. Set USE_UPNP to a different value to control this:
-USE_UPNP= no UPnP support, miniupnp not required;
-USE_UPNP=0 (the default) UPnP support turned off by default at runtime;
-USE_UPNP=1 UPnP support turned on by default at runtime.
-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
+Dependency Build Instructions: Gentoo
+-------------------------------------
+emerge -av boost openssl sys-libs/db
-Versions used in this release:
-GCC 4.3.3
-OpenSSL 0.9.8g
-Berkeley DB 4.8.30.NC
-Boost 1.37
-miniupnpc 1.6
+Take the following steps to build (no UPnP support):
+ cd ${BITCOIN_DIR}/src
+ sed -i 's/<db_cxx.h>/<db4.8\/db_cxx.h>/' *.h # path fix
+ sed -i 's/-Bstatic/-Bdynamic/' makefile.unix # dynamic linking
+ sed -i 's/^USE_UPNP:=0$/USE_UPNP:=/' makefile.unix # disable UPnP
+ make -f makefile.unix
+ strip bitcoind
Notes
-----
-The release is built with GCC and then "strip bitcoin" to strip the debug
+The release is built with GCC and then "strip bitcoind" to strip the debug
symbols, which reduces the executable size by about 90%.