Library Requirements -------------------- You will need several development libraries: * libprotoc: the Google protocol buffer v2 library, 2.6.0 or above. * protobuf-c: version 1.1.0 or above. * libsodium: for crypto. * libbase58: for bitcoin's base58 encoding. * libsqlite3: for database support. * libgmp: for secp256k1 You will also need a version of bitcoind with segregated witness support, such as the 0.13 or above. To Build on Ubuntu 16.04 --------------------- Get dependencies: ``` sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool libprotobuf-c-dev libsodium-dev libbase58-dev libsqlite3-dev libgmp-dev libsqlite3-dev ``` Clone lightning and initialize submodules: ``` git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git cd lightning git submodule init git submodule update ``` Build lightning: ``` make ``` Running lightning: ``` bitcoind ./daemon/lightningd ./daemon/lightning-cli help ``` **Note**: You may need to include `testnet=1` in `bitcoin.conf` To Build on Ubuntu 15.10 ------------------------ Build protobuf-c dependency (>= 1.1.0): ``` sudo apt-get install libprotoc-dev git clone https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.git cd protobuf-c ./autogen.sh ./configure make make install cd ../ ``` Clone lightning and initialize submodules: ``` git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git cd lighting git submodule init git submodule update ``` Build lightning: ``` make ``` Running lightning: ``` bitcoind export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib ./daemon/lightningd ./daemon/lightning-cli help ```