dash/doc/build-osx.md

macOS Build Instructions and Notes
====================================
The commands in this guide should be executed in a Terminal application.
The built-in one is located in `/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app`.

Preparation
-----------
Install the macOS command line tools:

`xcode-select --install`

When the popup appears, click `Install`.

Then install [Homebrew](https://brew.sh).

Base build dependencies
-----------------------

```bash
brew install automake libtool pkg-config
```

If you want to build the disk image with `make deploy` (.dmg / optional), you need RSVG
```bash
brew install librsvg
```

Building
--------

It's possible that your `PATH` environment variable contains some problematic strings, run
```bash
export PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e '/\\/!s/ /\\ /g') # fix whitespaces
```

Next, follow the instructions in [build-generic](build-generic.md)

Disable-wallet mode
--------------------
When the intention is to run only a P2P node without a wallet, Bitcoin Core may be compiled in
disable-wallet mode with:

    ./configure --disable-wallet

In this case there is no dependency on Berkeley DB 4.8.

Mining is also possible in disable-wallet mode using the `getblocktemplate` RPC call.

Running
-------

Dash Core is now available at `./src/dashd`

Before running, you may create an empty configuration file.

    mkdir -p "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/DashCore"

    touch "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/DashCore/dash.conf"

    chmod 600 "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/DashCore/dash.conf"

The first time you run dashd, it will start downloading the blockchain. This process could take several hours.

You can monitor the download process by looking at the debug.log file:

    tail -f $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/DashCore/debug.log

Other commands:
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    ./src/dashd -daemon # Starts the dash daemon.
    ./src/dash-cli --help # Outputs a list of command-line options.
    ./src/dash-cli help # Outputs a list of RPC commands when the daemon is running.