Install the required dependencies the usual way you [install software on FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ports.html) - either with `pkg` or via the Ports collection. The example commands below use `pkg` which is usually run as `root` or via `sudo`. If you want to use `sudo`, and you haven't set it up: [use this guide](http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Sudo%2C_configuring) to setup `sudo` access on FreeBSD.
Now that `git` and all the required dependencies are installed, let's clone the Dash Core repository to a directory. All build scripts and commands will run from this directory.
It is not necessary to build wallet functionality to run dashd or the GUI. To enable legacy wallets, you must install `db5`. To enable [descriptor wallets](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/descriptors.md), `sqlite3` is required. Skip `db5` if you intend to *exclusively* use descriptor wallets
`sqlite3` is required to enable support for descriptor wallets. Skip if you don't intend to use descriptor wallets.
``` bash
pkg install sqlite3
```
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#### GUI Dependencies
###### Qt5
Dash Core includes a GUI built with the cross-platform Qt Framework. To compile the GUI, we need to install `qt5`. Skip if you don't intend to use the GUI.
```bash
pkg install qt5
```
###### libqrencode
The GUI can encode addresses in a QR Code. To build in QR support for the GUI, install `libqrencode`. Skip if not using the GUI or don't want QR code functionality.
```bash
pkg install libqrencode
```
---
#### Test Suite Dependencies
There is an included test suite that is useful for testing code changes when developing.
To run the test suite (recommended), you will need to have Python 3 installed:
This explicitly enables the GUI and disables legacy wallet support. If `qt5` is not installed, this will throw an error. If `sqlite3` is installed then descriptor wallet functionality will be built. If `sqlite3` is not installed, then wallet functionality will be disabled.
