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. * 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 support, such as the 0.13 or above. To Build on Ubuntu 16.04 --------------------- Get dependencies: ``` sudo apt-get install -y autoconf build-essential git libtool libprotobuf-c-dev libgmp-dev libsqlite3-dev python3 ``` For development or running tests, get additional dependencies: ``` sudo apt-get install -y asciidoc valgrind python3-pip && pip3 install python-bitcoinlib ``` Clone lightning: ``` git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git cd lightning ``` 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: ``` git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git cd lighting ``` Build lightning: ``` make ``` Running lightning: ``` bitcoind export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib ./daemon/lightningd ./daemon/lightning-cli help ```