- Changed out logos (just a placeholder) - DRK -> DASH - ./darkcoin -> ./dash
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Mac OS X Build Instructions and Notes
This guide will show you how to build dashd(headless client) for OSX.
Notes
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Tested on OS X 10.6 through 10.9 on 64-bit Intel processors only. Older OSX releases or 32-bit processors are no longer supported.
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All of the commands should be executed in a Terminal application. The built-in one is located in
/Applications/Utilities
.
Preparation
You need to install XCode with all the options checked so that the compiler
and everything is available in /usr not just /Developer. XCode should be
available on your OS X installation media, but if not, you can get the
current version from https://developer.apple.com/xcode/. If you install
Xcode 4.3 or later, you'll need to install its command line tools. This can
be done in Xcode > Preferences > Downloads > Components
and generally must
be re-done or updated every time Xcode is updated.
There's an assumption that you already have git
installed, as well. If
not, it's the path of least resistance to install Github for Mac
(OS X 10.7+) or
Git for OS X. It is also
available via Homebrew.
You will also need to install Homebrew in order to install library dependencies.
The installation of the actual dependencies is covered in the Instructions sections below.
Instructions: Homebrew
Install dependencies using Homebrew
brew install autoconf automake libtool boost miniupnpc openssl pkg-config protobuf qt
Note: After you have installed the dependencies, you should check that the Homebrew installed version of OpenSSL is the one available for compilation. You can check this by typing
openssl version
into Terminal. You should see OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014.
If not, you can ensure that the Homebrew OpenSSL is correctly linked by running
brew link openssl --force
Rerunning "openssl version" should now return the correct version. If it
doesn't, make sure /usr/local/bin
comes before /usr/bin
in your
PATH.
Installing berkeley-db4 using Homebrew
The homebrew package for berkeley-db4 has been broken for some time. It will install without Java though.
Running this command takes you into brew's interactive mode, which allows you to configure, make, and install by hand:
$ brew install https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/master/Library/Formula/berkeley-db4.rb -–without-java
These rest of these commands are run inside brew interactive mode:
/private/tmp/berkeley-db4-UGpd0O/db-4.8.30 $ cd ..
/private/tmp/berkeley-db4-UGpd0O $ db-4.8.30/dist/configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/berkeley-db4/4.8.30 --mandir=/usr/local/Cellar/berkeley-db4/4.8.30/share/man --enable-cxx
/private/tmp/berkeley-db4-UGpd0O $ make
/private/tmp/berkeley-db4-UGpd0O $ make install
/private/tmp/berkeley-db4-UGpd0O $ exit
After exiting, you'll get a warning that the install is keg-only, which means it wasn't symlinked to /usr/local
. You don't need it to link it to build dash, but if you want to, here's how:
$ brew --force link berkeley-db4
Building dashd
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Clone the github tree to get the source code and go into the directory.
git clone https://github.com/dash/dash.git cd dash
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Build dashd:
./autogen.sh ./configure make
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It is a good idea to build and run the unit tests, too:
make check
Creating a release build
You can ignore this section if you are building dashd
for your own use.
dashd/dash-cli binaries are not included in the Bitcoin-Qt.app bundle.
If you are building dashd
or Bitcoin-Qt
for others, your build machine should be set up
as follows for maximum compatibility:
All dependencies should be compiled with these flags:
-mmacosx-version-min=10.6 -arch x86_64 -isysroot $(xcode-select --print-path)/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk
Once dependencies are compiled, see release-process.md for how the Bitcoin-Qt.app bundle is packaged and signed to create the .dmg disk image that is distributed.
Running
It's now available at ./dashd
, provided that you are still in the src
directory. We have to first create the RPC configuration file, though.
Run ./dashd
to get the filename where it should be put, or just try these
commands:
echo -e "rpcuser=dashrpc\nrpcpassword=$(xxd -l 16 -p /dev/urandom)" > "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Dash/dash.conf"
chmod 600 "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Dash/dash.conf"
When next you run it, it will start downloading the blockchain, but it won't output anything while it's doing this. This process may take several hours; you can monitor its process by looking at the debug.log file, like this:
tail -f $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Dash/debug.log
Other commands:
./dashd -daemon # to start the dash daemon.
./dash-cli --help # for a list of command-line options.
./dash-cli help # When the daemon is running, to get a list of RPC commands