Cardano

Build Cardano Node

-taken from https://developers.cardano.org/docs/get-started/installing-cardano-node/

Install Operating System dependencies:

• sudo apt-get install automake build-essential pkg-config libffi-dev libgmp-dev libssl-dev libtinfo-dev libsystemd-dev zlib1g-dev make g++ tmux git jq wget libncursesw5 libtool autoconf -y

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Install GHC and Cabal GHCup:

• curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh

Check install of ghup

• ghcup --version

The GHCup Haskell installer, version v0.1.14.1 ghcup will install the latest stable version of ghc. However, as of the time of writing this, Input-Output recommends using ghc 8.10.4. So, we will use ghcup to install and switch to the required version.

• ghcup install ghc 8.10.4
• ghcup set ghc 8.10.4

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Check ghc version:

• ghc --version

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Check cabal version:

• cabal --version

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Downloading & Compiling

Make location for storing source files:

• mkdir -p ~/cardano-src
• cd ~/cardano-src

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download, compile and install libsodium.

• git clone https://github.com/input-output-hk/libsodium
• cd libsodium
• git checkout 66f017f1
• ./autogen.sh
• ./configure
• make
• sudo make install

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Add Environment Vairables:

• export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
• export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"

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Reload Shell:

• source ~/.bashrc

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return to source folder:

• cd ~/cardano-src

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Download the cardano-node repository:

• git clone https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node.git
• cd cardano-node
• git fetch --all --recurse-submodules --tags

Switch the repository to the latest tagged commit (check for latest version first): You can check the latest available version/tag by visiting the cardano-node Github Release page.

• git checkout tags/1.27.0

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Configuring the build options#

We explicitly use the ghc version that we installed earlier. This avoids defaulting to a system version of ghc that might be newer or older than the one you have installed.

• cabal configure --with-compiler=ghc-8.10.4

Update the local project file to use libsodium that you installed earlier.

• echo "package cardano-crypto-praos" >> cabal.project.local
• echo " flags: -external-libsodium-vrf" >> cabal.project.local

Building and installing the node# We can now build the Haskell-based cardano-node to produce executable binaries.

• cabal build all

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Install the newly built node and CLI commands to the ~/.local/bin directory:

• mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
• cp -p "$(./scripts/bin-path.sh cardano-node)" ~/.local/bin/
• cp -p "$(./scripts/bin-path.sh cardano-cli)" ~/.local/bin/

We have to add this line below our shell profile so that the shell/terminal can recognize that cardano-node and cardano-cli are global commands. (~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc depending on the shell application you use)

• export PATH="~/.local/bin/:$PATH"

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Once saved, reload your shell profile by typing source ~/.zshrc or source ~/.bashrc (depending on the shell application you use).

Check the version that has been installed:

• cardano-cli --version
• cardano-node --version

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Cardano components into your Linux system! 🎉🎉🎉