Merge pull request #575 from globalcitizen/master

Unix build documentation improvements
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Gavin Andresen 2011-10-09 10:27:34 -07:00
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Dependencies
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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
If using Boost 1.37, append -mt to the boost libraries in the makefile.
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
Requires miniupnpc for UPnP port mapping. It can be downloaded from
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.
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
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
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miniupnpc 1.6
Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian
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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
If using Boost 1.37, append -mt to the boost libraries in the makefile.
Dependency Build Instructions: Gentoo
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emerge -av boost openssl sys-libs/db
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
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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%.