FreeBSD build guide ====================== (updated for FreeBSD 11.1) This guide describes how to build bitcoind and command-line utilities on FreeBSD. This guide does not contain instructions for building the GUI. ## Preparation You will need the following dependencies, which can be installed as root via pkg: ``` pkg install autoconf automake boost-libs git gmake libevent libtool openssl pkgconf ``` In order to run the test suite (recommended), you will need to have Python 3 installed: ``` pkg install python3 ``` For the wallet (optional): ``` ./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd` export BDB_PREFIX="$PWD/db4" ``` See [dependencies.md](dependencies.md) for a complete overview. Download the source code: ``` git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin ``` ## Building Bitcoin Core **Important**: Use `gmake` (the non-GNU `make` will exit with an error): ``` ./autogen.sh ./configure # to build with wallet OR ./configure --disable-wallet # to build without wallet ``` followed by either: ``` gmake ``` to build without testing, or ``` gmake check ``` to also run the test suite (recommended, if Python 3 is installed). *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`).