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diff --git a/doc/build-unix.txt b/doc/build-unix.txt index b7aa7112b4..89afc0db71 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.txt +++ b/doc/build-unix.txt @@ -22,38 +22,62 @@ the graphical bitcoin. Dependencies ------------ + + Library Purpose Description + ------- ------- ----------- + libssl SSL Support Secure communications + libdb4.8 Berkeley DB Blockchain & wallet storage + libboost Boost C++ Library + miinupnpc 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 net-libs/miniupnpc 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 +Then take the following steps to build: + cd $BITCOIN_DIR/src + sed -i 's/<db_cxx.h>/<db4.8\/db_cxx.h>/' src/* + sed -i 's/-Bstatic/-Bdynamic/' makefile.unix + 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%. |