Library Requirements -------------------- You will need several development libraries: * libsqlite3: for database support. * libgmp: for secp256k1 For actually doing development and running the tests, you will also need: * pip3: to install python-bitcoinlib * asciidoc: for formatting the man pages (if you change them) * valgrind: for extra debugging checks You will also need a version of bitcoind with segregated witness and estimatesmartfee economical node, such as the 0.15 or above. To Build on Ubuntu 15.10 or above --------------------- Get dependencies: ``` sudo apt-get install -y autoconf automake build-essential git libtool libgmp-dev libsqlite3-dev python python3 net-tools ``` If you don't have Bitcoin installed locally you'll need to install that as well: ``` sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y bitcoind ``` For development or running tests, get additional dependencies: ``` sudo apt-get install -y asciidoc valgrind python3-pip sudo pip3 install python-bitcoinlib ``` Clone lightning: ``` git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git cd lightning ``` Build lightning: ``` make ``` Running lightning: ``` bitcoind & ./lightningd/lightningd & ./cli/lightning-cli help ``` **Note**: You may need to include `testnet=1` in `bitcoin.conf`