1.4 KiB
1.4 KiB
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.
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 libprotobuf-c-dev libsodium-dev libbase58-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