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Dependencies Dependencies
------------ ------------
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
miinupnpc 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 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: turned off by default. Set USE_UPNP to a different value to control this:
USE_UPNP= no UPnP support, miniupnp not required; USE_UPNP= No UPnP support - miniupnp not required
USE_UPNP=0 (the default) UPnP support turned off by default at runtime; 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=1 UPnP support turned on by default at runtime
Licenses of statically linked libraries: 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 Boost MIT-like license
miniupnpc New (3-clause) BSD license miniupnpc New (3-clause) BSD license
@ -51,9 +51,33 @@ Boost 1.37
miniupnpc 1.6 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
-------------------------------------
emerge -av net-libs/miniupnpc boost openssl sys-libs/db
Then take the following steps to build:
cd $BITCOIN_DIR/src
sed -i 's/<db_cxx.h>/<db4.8\/db_cxx.h>/' src/*
sed -i 's/-Bstatic/-Bdynamic/' makefile.unix
make -f makefile.unix
strip bitcoind
Notes Notes
----- -----
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%. symbols, which reduces the executable size by about 90%.

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