Add docs for the common binaries exported from Polkadot SDK #5305
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| For other platforms, you can compile the binaries yourself with: | ||
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| cargo install --git https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/ --tag polkadot-stable2407 polkadot polkadot-parachain-bin staging-chain-spec-builder |
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I think it also needs the polkadot-execute-worker and polkadot-prepare-worker binaries to work?
Slightly unfortunate, but we split the polkadot binary into three (for security reasons) 🫠
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Yes, you need those to run a node as validator.
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Where can i learn how these other 2 binaries work and what they do?
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See here for more info: paritytech/polkadot#7337
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This PR updates the main
READMEfile to introduce a simple command to install the most commonly used binaries from thePolkadot SDKused for development.In many cases, as a developer using the Polkadot SDK, these are the main things you would want to access from the
polkadot-sdkrepo, so I think it is key to highlight how you can easily get those binaries.