# Compile Monero 0.9 on Ubuntu 16.04 x64
The example shows how to compile the current github version of Monero, as of 10 Jul 2016, on Ubuntu 16.04 x64.
Dependencies
Before proceeding with the compilation, the following packages are required:
# update Ubuntu's repository
sudo apt update
#install git to download latest Monero source code from github
sudo apt install git
# install dependencies to be able to compile Monero
sudo apt install build-essential cmake libboost-all-dev miniupnpc libunbound-dev graphviz doxygen libunwind8-dev pkg-config
# or git and all dependencies in one command
# sudo apt install git build-essential cmake libboost-all-dev miniupnpc libunbound-dev graphviz doxygen libunwind8-dev pkg-config
Compilation
# download the latest bitmonero source code from github
git clone https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero.git
# go into bitmonero folder
cd bitmonero/
# apply patch for using Onion Blockchain Explorer (optional)
# https://github.com/moneroexamples/onion-monero-blockchain-explorer
# curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moneroexamples/compile-monero-09-on-ubuntu-16-04/master/res/tx_blob_to_tx_info.patch | git apply -v -
#
# compile the release version.
make # or make -j number_of_threads, e.g., make -j 2
# alternatively `make release` can be used instead of `make`. This compiles
# the source code without compiling unique tests which is faster, and can
# avid problems if there are compilation errors with compiling the tests
Installation
After successful compilation, the Monero binaries should be located in ./build/release/bin as shown below:
./build/release/bin/
├── bitmonerod
├── blockchain_converter
├── blockchain_dump
├── blockchain_export
├── blockchain_import
├── cn_deserialize
├── connectivity_tool
├── simpleminer
└── simplewallet
I usually move the binaries into /opt/bitmonero/ folder. This can be done as follows:
# optional
sudo mkdir -p /opt/bitmonero
sudo mv -v ./build/release/bin/* /opt/bitmonero/
This should result in:
bash
/opt/bitmonero
├── bitmonerod
├── blockchain_converter
├── blockchain_dump
├── blockchain_export
├── blockchain_import
├── cn_deserialize
├── connectivity_tool
├── simpleminer
└── simplewallet
Now we can start the Monero daemon, i.e., bitmonerod, and let it
download the blockchain and synchronize itself with the Monero network. After that, you can run your the simplewallet.
# launch the Monero daemon and let it synchronize with the Monero network
/opt/bitmonero/bitmonerod
# launch the Monero wallet
/opt/bitmonero/simplewallet
Useful aliases (with rlwrap)
bitmonerod and simplewallet do not have tab-compliton nor history.
This problem can be overcome using rlwrap.
# install rlwrap
sudo apt install rlwrap
# download bitmonerod and simplewallet commands files
wget -O ~/.bitmonero/monerocommands_bitmonerod.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moneroexamples/compile-monero-09-on-xubuntu-16-04-beta-1/master/monerocommands_bitmonerod.txt
wget -O ~/.bitmonero/monerocommands_simplewallet.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moneroexamples/compile-monero-09-on-xubuntu-16-04-beta-1/master/monerocommands_simplewallet.txt
# add aliases to .bashrc
echo "alias moneronode='rlwrap -f ~/.bitmonero/monerocommands_bitmonerod.txt /opt/bitmonero/bitmonerod'" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "alias monerowallet='rlwrap -f ~/.bitmonero/monerocommands_simplewallet.txt /opt/bitmonero/simplewallet'" >> ~/.bashrc
# reload .bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
With this, we can just start the daemon and wallet simply using
moneronode and monerowallet commands. rlwrap will provide
tab-complition and history for the monero programs.
Example screenshot
Monero C++11 development (optional)
If you want to develop your own C++11 programs on top of Monero 0.9, Monero’s static libraries and headers will be needed. Below is shown how they can be setup for use to write your own C++11 programs based on Monero. An example of such a program is access-blockchain-in-cpp.
Monero static libraries
When the compilation finishes, a number of static Monero libraries should be generated. We will need them to link against in our C++11 programs.
Since they are spread out over different subfolders of the ./build/ folder, it is easier to just copy them into one folder. I assume that
/opt/bitmonero-dev/libs is the folder where they are going to be copied to.
# create the folder
sudo mkdir -p /opt/bitmonero-dev/libs
# find the static libraries files (i.e., those with extension of *.a)
# and copy them to /opt/bitmonero-dev/libs
# assuming you are still in bitmonero/ folder which you downloaded from
# github
sudo find ./build/ -name '*.a' -exec cp -v {} /opt/bitmonero-dev/libs \;
This should results in the following file structure:
bash
/opt/bitmonero-dev/
└── libs
├── libblockchain_db.a
├── libblocks.a
├── libcommon.a
├── libcrypto.a
├── libcryptonote_core.a
├── libcryptonote_protocol.a
├── libdaemonizer.a
├── libgtest.a
├── libgtest_main.a
├── liblmdb.a
├── libminiupnpc.a
├── libmnemonics.a
├── libotshell_utils.a
├── libp2p.a
├── librpc.a
└── libwallet.a
Monero headers
Now we need to get Monero headers, as this is our interface to the
Monero libraries. Folder /opt/bitmonero-dev/headers is assumed
to hold the headers.
# create the folder
sudo mkdir -p /opt/bitmonero-dev/headers
# find the header files (i.e., those with extension of *.h)
# and copy them to /opt/bitmonero-dev/headers.
# but this time the structure of directories is important
# so rsync is used to find and copy the headers files
sudo rsync -zarv --include="*/" --include="*.h" --exclude="*" --prune-empty-dirs ./ /opt/bitmonero-dev/headers
This should results in the following file structure:
# only src/ folder with up to 3 level nesting is shown
/opt/bitmonero-dev/headers/src/
├── blockchain_db
│ ├── berkeleydb
│ │ └── db_bdb.h
│ ├── blockchain_db.h
│ ├── db_types.h
│ └── lmdb
│ └── db_lmdb.h
├── blockchain_utilities
│ ├── blockchain_utilities.h
│ ├── blocksdat_file.h
│ ├── bootstrap_file.h
│ ├── bootstrap_serialization.h
│ └── fake_core.h
├── blocks
│ └── blocks.h
├── common
│ ├── base58.h
│ ├── boost_serialization_helper.h
│ ├── command_line.h
│ ├── dns_utils.h
│ ├── http_connection.h
│ ├── i18n.h
│ ├── int-util.h
│ ├── pod-class.h
│ ├── rpc_client.h
│ ├── scoped_message_writer.h
│ ├── unordered_containers_boost_serialization.h
│ ├── util.h
│ └── varint.h
# ... the rest not shown to save some space
Other examples
Other examples can be found on github. Please know that some of the examples/repositories are not finished and may not work as intended.
How can you help?
Constructive criticism, code and website edits are always good. They can be made through github.
Some Monero are also welcome:
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