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-rw-r--r--doc/build-windows.md3
-rw-r--r--doc/dependencies.md2
3 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md
index a6d6051807..d048bdeff5 100644
--- a/doc/build-unix.md
+++ b/doc/build-unix.md
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Optional dependencies:
miniupnpc | UPnP Support | Firewall-jumping support
libdb4.8 | Berkeley DB | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
qt | GUI | GUI toolkit (only needed when GUI enabled)
- protobuf | Payments in GUI | Data interchange format used for payment protocol (only needed when BIP70 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)
@@ -118,10 +117,6 @@ libqrencode (optional) can be installed with:
sudo apt-get install libqrencode-dev
-protobuf (optional) can be installed with:
-
- sudo apt-get install libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler
-
Once these are installed, they will be found by configure and a bitcoin-qt executable will be
built by default.
@@ -150,10 +145,6 @@ libqrencode (optional) can be installed with:
sudo dnf install qrencode-devel
-protobuf (optional) can be installed with:
-
- sudo dnf install protobuf-devel
-
Notes
-----
The release is built with GCC and then "strip bitcoind" to strip the debug
diff --git a/doc/build-windows.md b/doc/build-windows.md
index 5ca9f98475..f8095f6a65 100644
--- a/doc/build-windows.md
+++ b/doc/build-windows.md
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ First, install the general dependencies:
sudo apt install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils curl git
A host toolchain (`build-essential`) is necessary because some dependency
-packages (such as `protobuf`) need to build host utilities that are used in the
-build process.
+packages need to build host utilities that are used in the build process.
See [dependencies.md](dependencies.md) for a complete overview.
diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md
index e5b4084d99..dc88626761 100644
--- a/doc/dependencies.md
+++ b/doc/dependencies.md
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instruct
| MiniUPnPc | [2.0.20180203](http://miniupnp.free.fr/files) | | No | | |
| OpenSSL | [1.0.1k](https://www.openssl.org/source) | | Yes | | |
| PCRE | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk) |
-| protobuf | [2.6.1](https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases) | | No | | |
| Python (tests) | | [3.5](https://www.python.org/downloads) | | | |
| qrencode | [3.4.4](https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode) | | No | | |
| Qt | [5.9.7](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | [5.5.1](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/13478) | No | | |
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ Some dependencies are not needed in all configurations. The following are some f
#### Options passed to `./configure`
* MiniUPnPc is not needed with `--with-miniupnpc=no`.
* Berkeley DB is not needed with `--disable-wallet`.
-* protobuf is only needed with `--enable-bip70`.
* Qt is not needed with `--without-gui`.
* If the qrencode dependency is absent, QR support won't be added. To force an error when that happens, pass `--with-qrencode`.
* ZeroMQ is needed only with the `--with-zmq` option.