Fedora / CentOS build guide
(updated for Fedora 31)
Preparation
Minimal build requirements:
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sudo dnf install boost-devel cmake gcc-c++ git libevent-devel miniupnpc-devel libnatpmp-devel ninja-build openssl-devel python3 zeromq-devel help2man gmp-devel zlib-devel
You can do without the miniupnpc-devel, libnatpmp-devel, zeromq-devel, and help2man
packages, then you just need to respectively pass -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF, -DENABLE_NATPMP=OFF,
-DBUILD_BITCOIN_ZMQ=OFF, or -DENABLE_MAN=OFF on the cmake command line.
BerkeleyDB 5.3 or later is required for the wallet. This can be installed with:
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sudo dnf install libdb-cxx-devel libdb-devel
If you also want to build the GUI client bitcoin-qt Qt 5 is necessary.
To build with Qt 5 you need the following packages installed:
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sudo dnf install qt5-qttools-devel qt5-qtbase-devel qrencode-devel
You can do without the qrencode-devel package, just pass -DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF
on the cmake command line.
Building Bitcoin Cash Node
Once you have installed the required dependencies (see sections above), you can build Bitcoin Cash Node as such:
First fetch the code (if you haven't done so already).
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git clone https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bitcoin-cash-node.git
Change to the BCN directory, make build dir, and change to that directory
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cd bitcoin-cash-node/
mkdir build
cd build
Next you need to choose between building just the node, the node with wallet support, or the node and the QT client.
Choose one:
```bash
to build just the node, no wallet functionality, choose this:
cmake -GNinja .. -DBUILD_BITCOIN_WALLET=OFF -DBUILD_BITCOIN_QT=OFF ```
```bash
to build the node, with wallet functionality, but without GUI, choose this:
cmake -GNinja .. -DBUILD_BITCOIN_QT=OFF ```
```bash
to build node and QT GUI client, choose this:
cmake -GNinja .. ```
Next, finish the build
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ninja
You will find the bitcoind, bitcoin-cli, bitcoin-tx (and optionally bitcoin-qt)
binaries in /build/src/(qt).
Optionally, run the tests
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ninja check # recommended
After a successful test you can install the newly built binaries to your bin directory.
Note that this will probably overwrite any previous version installed, including
binaries from different sources.
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sudo ninja install #optional