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. * libcrypto: (OpenSSL) library for bignum implementation 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 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib ./daemon/lightningd ```