Updated for NetBSD 10.0
This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on NetBSD.
Install the required dependencies the usual way you install software on NetBSD.
The example commands below use pkgin
.
pkgin install autoconf automake libtool pkg-config git gmake boost-headers libevent
NetBSD currently ships with an older version of gcc
than is needed to build. You should upgrade your gcc
and then pass this new version to the configure script.
For example, grab gcc12
:
pkgin install gcc12
Then, when configuring, pass the following:
./configure
...
CC="/usr/pkg/gcc12/bin/gcc" \
CXX="/usr/pkg/gcc12/bin/g++" \
...
See dependencies.md for a complete overview.
Clone the Bitcoin Core repository to a directory. All build scripts and commands will run from this directory.
git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
It is not necessary to build wallet functionality to run bitcoind or the GUI.
sqlite3
is required to enable support for descriptor wallets.
pkgin install sqlite3
db4
is required to enable support for legacy wallets.
pkgin install db4
Bitcoin Core includes a GUI built with the cross-platform Qt Framework. To compile the GUI, Qt 5 is required.
pkgin install qt5-qtbase qt5-qttools
The GUI can encode addresses in a QR Code. To build in QR support for the GUI, install qrencode
.
pkgin install qrencode
There is an included test suite that is useful for testing code changes when developing. To run the test suite (recommended), you will need to have Python 3 installed:
pkgin install python39
Note: Use gmake
(the non-GNU make
will exit with an error).
There are many ways to configure Bitcoin Core. Here is an example that explicitly disables the wallet and GUI:
./autogen.sh
./configure --without-wallet --with-gui=no \
CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/pkg/include" \
MAKE=gmake
For a full list of configuration options, see the output of ./configure --help
Build and run the tests:
gmake # use "-j N" here for N parallel jobs
gmake check # Run tests if Python 3 is available