The previously suggested `qt5` package is a meta package that does not install anything itself but depends on a bunch of others and is used as a convenience to install "everything" Qt5 related: 270 packages / 3 GiB. We only need a subset of those which amounts to 79 packages / 381 MiB, so suggest just that. For comparison: ``` pkg install qt5 Updating local repository catalogue... local repository is up to date. All repositories are up to date. Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) The following 270 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): New packages to be INSTALLED: Imath: 3.1.11 abseil: 20230125.3 alsa-lib: 1.2.11 alsa-plugins: 1.2.7.1_3 aom: 3.8.2 assimp: 5.4.0 avahi-app: 0.8_2 brotli: 1.1.0,1 consolekit2: 1.2.6_3 cups: 2.4.7_2 curl: 8.7.1 cyrus-sasl: 2.1.28_4 dav1d: 1.4.1 dbus: 1.14.10_5,1 dbus-glib: 0.112_1 dejavu: 2.37_3 dotconf: 1.3_1 double-conversion: 3.3.0 duktape-lib: 2.7.0 encodings: 1.1.0,1 espeak-ng: 1.51.1_5 expat: 2.6.2 ffmpeg: 6.1.1_5,1 fftw3: 3.3.10_5 fftw3-float: 3.3.10_5 flac: 1.4.3_1,1 font-bh-ttf: 1.0.3_5 font-misc-ethiopic: 1.0.4 font-misc-meltho: 1.0.3_5 fontconfig: 2.15.0_2,1 freetds: 1.4.12,1 freetype2: 2.13.2 fribidi: 1.0.13_1 gdbm: 1.23 gdk-pixbuf2: 2.42.10_2 gettext-runtime: 0.22.5 giflib: 5.2.1_1 glib: 2.80.0,2 gmp: 6.3.0 gnome_subr: 1.0 gnutls: 3.8.5_1 graphite2: 1.3.14 groff: 1.23.0_3 gstreamer1: 1.22.10 gstreamer1-plugins: 1.22.10_1 gstreamer1-plugins-bad: 1.22.10_2 harfbuzz: 8.4.0 hicolor-icon-theme: 0.17 hidapi: 0.14.0 highway: 1.1.0 hunspell: 1.7.2_1 icu: 74.2_1,1 indexinfo: 0.3.1 iso-codes: 4.15.0 jasper: 4.2.3 jbigkit: 2.1_2 jpeg-turbo: 3.0.2 jsoncpp: 1.9.5 lame: 3.100_5 lcms2: 2.16_1 libICE: 1.1.0_2,1 libSM: 1.2.3_1,1 libX11: 1.8.9,1 libXScrnSaver: 1.2.4_1 libXau: 1.0.9_1 libXcomposite: 0.4.6_1,1 libXcursor: 1.2.2 libXdamage: 1.1.6 libXdmcp: 1.1.5 libXext: 1.3.6,1 libXfixes: 6.0.0_1 libXi: 1.8_1,1 libXmu: 1.1.4,1 libXrandr: 1.5.2_1 libXrender: 0.9.10_2 libXt: 1.3.0,1 libXtst: 1.2.3_3 libXv: 1.0.12_1,1 libass: 0.17.1_2 libcbor: 0.11.0 libcjson: 1.7.17 libdaemon: 0.14_1 libdeflate: 1.20 libdrm: 2.4.120_1,1 libedit: 3.1.20230828_1,1 libepoll-shim: 0.0.20230411 libevdev: 1.13.1 libevent: 2.1.12 libffi: 3.4.4_1 libfido2: 1.14.0 libfontenc: 1.1.8 libgcrypt: 1.10.3_1 libglvnd: 1.7.0 libgpg-error: 1.48 libgudev: 237 libiconv: 1.17_1 libidn2: 2.3.7 libinput: 1.25.0 libjxl: 0.10.2 libltdl: 2.4.7 liblz4: 1.9.4_1,1 libmng: 2.0.3_1 libmtdev: 1.1.6_1 libmysofa: 1.3.2 libnghttp2: 1.61.0 libnice: 0.1.21_2 libogg: 1.3.5,4 libpaper: 1.1.28_1 libpci: 3.12.0 libpciaccess: 0.18 libplacebo: 6.338.2 libpsl: 0.21.5 libsndfile: 1.2.2_1 libsoxr: 0.1.3_3 libssh2: 1.11.0_1,3 libtasn1: 4.19.0_1 libudev-devd: 0.5.2 libunibreak: 6.1,1 libunistring: 1.2 libunwind: 20240221 libv4l: 1.23.0_4 libva: 2.21.0 libvdpau: 1.5 libvorbis: 1.3.7_2,3 libvpx: 1.14.0 libwacom: 1.5_1 libx264: 0.164.3095 libxcb: 1.17.0 libxkbcommon: 1.6.0_2 libxkbfile: 1.1.3 libxml2: 2.11.7 libxslt: 1.1.37_1 llvm15: 15.0.7_10 lua53: 5.3.6_1 minizip: 1.2.11_1 mkfontscale: 1.2.3 mpdecimal: 4.0.0 mpg123: 1.32.5 mysql80-client: 8.0.35 nettle: 3.9.1 nspr: 4.35 nss: 3.99 openal-soft: 1.21.1_4 openexr: 3.2.4 openh264: 2.3.0,2 openldap26-client: 2.6.7 opus: 1.5.2 orc: 0.4.36 p11-kit: 0.25.3_2 pcaudiolib: 1.2_1 pciids: 20240331 pcre2: 10.43 perl5: 5.36.3_1 png: 1.6.43 polkit: 124_3 postgresql15-client: 15.6 psutils: 1.17_6 pulseaudio: 16.1_4 py39-evdev: 1.6.0 py39-packaging: 24.0 py39-pyudev: 0.22.0 py39-setuptools: 63.1.0_1 py39-six: 1.16.0 python39: 3.9.18_2 qt5: 5.15.13 qt5-3d: 5.15.13p0 qt5-assistant: 5.15.13p4 qt5-buildtools: 5.15.13p142 qt5-charts: 5.15.13p0 qt5-concurrent: 5.15.13p142 qt5-connectivity: 5.15.13p4 qt5-core: 5.15.13p142 qt5-datavis3d: 5.15.13p0 qt5-dbus: 5.15.13p142 qt5-declarative: 5.15.13p30 qt5-declarative-test: 5.15.13p30 qt5-designer: 5.15.13p4 qt5-doc: 5.12.2 qt5-examples: 5.15.13 qt5-gamepad: 5.15.13p0 qt5-graphicaleffects: 5.15.13p0 qt5-gui: 5.15.13p142 qt5-help: 5.15.13p4 qt5-imageformats: 5.15.13p7 qt5-l10n: 5.15.13p0 qt5-linguist: 5.15.13p4 qt5-linguisttools: 5.15.13p4 qt5-location: 5.15.13p6 qt5-multimedia: 5.15.13p2 qt5-network: 5.15.13p142 qt5-networkauth: 5.15.13p0 qt5-opengl: 5.15.13p142 qt5-pixeltool: 5.15.13p4 qt5-printsupport: 5.15.13p142 qt5-qdbus: 5.15.13p4 qt5-qdbusviewer: 5.15.13p4 qt5-qdoc: 5.15.13p4 qt5-qdoc-data: 5.15.13 qt5-qev: 5.15.13p4 qt5-qmake: 5.15.13p142 qt5-qtdiag: 5.15.13p4 qt5-qtpaths: 5.15.13p4 qt5-qtplugininfo: 5.15.13p4 qt5-quick3d: 5.15.13p1 qt5-quickcontrols: 5.15.13p0 qt5-quickcontrols2: 5.15.13p5 qt5-quicktimeline: 5.15.13p0 qt5-remoteobjects: 5.15.13p0 qt5-script: 5.15.16p0_2 qt5-scripttools: 5.15.16p0_1 qt5-scxml: 5.15.13p0 qt5-sensors: 5.15.13p0 qt5-serialbus: 5.15.13p0 qt5-serialport: 5.15.13p0 qt5-speech: 5.15.13p1 qt5-sql: 5.15.13p142 qt5-sqldrivers-mysql: 5.15.13p142 qt5-sqldrivers-odbc: 5.15.13p142 qt5-sqldrivers-pgsql: 5.15.13p142 qt5-sqldrivers-sqlite2: 5.15.13p142 qt5-sqldrivers-sqlite3: 5.15.13p142 qt5-sqldrivers-tds: 5.15.13p142 qt5-svg: 5.15.13p6 qt5-testlib: 5.15.13p142 qt5-uiplugin: 5.15.13p4 qt5-uitools: 5.15.13p4 qt5-virtualkeyboard: 5.15.13p0 qt5-webchannel: 5.15.13p3 qt5-webengine: 5.15.16.p9 qt5-webglplugin: 5.15.13p0 qt5-websockets: 5.15.13p2 qt5-websockets-qml: 5.15.13p2 qt5-webview: 5.15.13p0 qt5-widgets: 5.15.13p142 qt5-x11extras: 5.15.13p0 qt5-xml: 5.15.13p142 qt5-xmlpatterns: 5.15.13p0 re2: 20240401 readline: 8.2.10 shaderc: 2024.0 shared-mime-info: 2.2_2 snappy: 1.2.0 speech-dispatcher: 0.11.2_4 speexdsp: 1.2.1 sqlite: 2.8.17_5 sqlite3: 3.45.1,1 svt-av1: 2.0.0 tiff: 4.4.0_3 uchardet: 0.0.8_1 unixODBC: 2.3.12_1 vmaf: 3.0.0 vulkan-headers: 1.3.283 vulkan-loader: 1.3.283 wayland: 1.22.0 webp: 1.4.0 webrtc-audio-processing0: 0.3.1_3 x265: 3.5_1 xcb-util: 0.4.1,1 xcb-util-image: 0.4.1 xcb-util-keysyms: 0.4.1 xcb-util-renderutil: 0.3.10 xcb-util-wm: 0.4.2 xdg-utils: 1.1.3_4 xkeyboard-config: 2.41_4 xorg-fonts-truetype: 7.7_1 xorgproto: 2023.2 xprop: 1.2.7 xset: 1.2.5_1 xxhash: 0.8.2_1 zstd: 1.5.6 Number of packages to be installed: 270 The process will require 3 GiB more space. Proceed with this action? [y/N]: ``` ``` pkg install qt5-buildtools qt5-core qt5-gui qt5-linguisttools qt5-testlib qt5-widgets Updating local repository catalogue... local repository is up to date. All repositories are up to date. Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) The following 79 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): New packages to be INSTALLED: brotli: 1.1.0,1 dbus: 1.14.10_5,1 dejavu: 2.37_3 double-conversion: 3.3.0 encodings: 1.1.0,1 expat: 2.6.2 font-bh-ttf: 1.0.3_5 font-misc-ethiopic: 1.0.4 font-misc-meltho: 1.0.3_5 fontconfig: 2.15.0_2,1 freetype2: 2.13.2 gettext-runtime: 0.22.5 glib: 2.80.0,2 graphite2: 1.3.14 harfbuzz: 8.4.0 hicolor-icon-theme: 0.17 icu: 74.2_1,1 indexinfo: 0.3.1 jpeg-turbo: 3.0.2 libICE: 1.1.0_2,1 libSM: 1.2.3_1,1 libX11: 1.8.9,1 libXau: 1.0.9_1 libXdmcp: 1.1.5 libXext: 1.3.6,1 libXfixes: 6.0.0_1 libXi: 1.8_1,1 libXmu: 1.1.4,1 libXrender: 0.9.10_2 libXt: 1.3.0,1 libepoll-shim: 0.0.20230411 libevdev: 1.13.1 libffi: 3.4.4_1 libfontenc: 1.1.8 libglvnd: 1.7.0 libgudev: 237 libiconv: 1.17_1 libinput: 1.25.0 liblz4: 1.9.4_1,1 libmtdev: 1.1.6_1 libudev-devd: 0.5.2 libwacom: 1.5_1 libxcb: 1.17.0 libxkbcommon: 1.6.0_2 libxml2: 2.11.7 mkfontscale: 1.2.3 mpdecimal: 4.0.0 pcre2: 10.43 png: 1.6.43 py39-evdev: 1.6.0 py39-packaging: 24.0 py39-pyudev: 0.22.0 py39-setuptools: 63.1.0_1 py39-six: 1.16.0 python39: 3.9.18_2 qt5-buildtools: 5.15.13p142 qt5-core: 5.15.13p142 qt5-dbus: 5.15.13p142 qt5-gui: 5.15.13p142 qt5-linguisttools: 5.15.13p4 qt5-network: 5.15.13p142 qt5-testlib: 5.15.13p142 qt5-widgets: 5.15.13p142 qt5-xml: 5.15.13p142 readline: 8.2.10 vulkan-headers: 1.3.283 wayland: 1.22.0 xcb-util: 0.4.1,1 xcb-util-image: 0.4.1 xcb-util-keysyms: 0.4.1 xcb-util-renderutil: 0.3.10 xcb-util-wm: 0.4.2 xdg-utils: 1.1.3_4 xkeyboard-config: 2.41_4 xorg-fonts-truetype: 7.7_1 xorgproto: 2023.2 xprop: 1.2.7 xset: 1.2.5_1 zstd: 1.5.6 Number of packages to be installed: 79 The process will require 381 MiB more space. Proceed with this action? [y/N]: ```
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FreeBSD Build Guide
Updated for FreeBSD 14.0
This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on FreeBSD.
Preparation
1. Install Required Dependencies
Run the following as root to install the base dependencies for building.
pkg install autoconf automake boost-libs git gmake libevent libtool pkgconf
See dependencies.md for a complete overview.
2. Clone Bitcoin Repo
Now that git
and all the required dependencies are installed, let's 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
3. Install Optional Dependencies
Wallet Dependencies
It is not necessary to build wallet functionality to run either bitcoind
or bitcoin-qt
.
Descriptor Wallet Support
sqlite3
is required to support descriptor wallets.
Skip if you don't intend to use descriptor wallets.
pkg install sqlite3
Legacy Wallet Support
BerkeleyDB is only required if legacy wallet support is required.
It is required to use Berkeley DB 4.8. You cannot use the BerkeleyDB library from ports. However, you can build DB 4.8 yourself using depends.
gmake -C depends NO_BOOST=1 NO_LIBEVENT=1 NO_QT=1 NO_SQLITE=1 NO_NATPMP=1 NO_UPNP=1 NO_ZMQ=1 NO_USDT=1
When the build is complete, the Berkeley DB installation location will be displayed:
to: /path/to/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-unknown-freebsd[release-number]
Finally, set BDB_PREFIX
to this path according to your shell:
csh: setenv BDB_PREFIX [path displayed above]
sh/bash: export BDB_PREFIX=[path displayed above]
GUI Dependencies
Qt5
Bitcoin Core includes a GUI built with the cross-platform Qt Framework. To compile the GUI, we need to install the necessary parts of Qt. Skip if you don't intend to use the GUI.
pkg install qt5-buildtools qt5-core qt5-gui qt5-linguisttools qt5-testlib qt5-widgets
libqrencode
The GUI can encode addresses in a QR Code. To build in QR support for the GUI, install libqrencode
. Skip if not using the GUI or don't want QR code functionality.
pkg install libqrencode
Notifications
ZeroMQ
Bitcoin Core can provide notifications via ZeroMQ. If the package is installed, support will be compiled in.
pkg install libzmq4
Test Suite Dependencies
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:
pkg install python3 databases/py-sqlite3
Building Bitcoin Core
1. Configuration
There are many ways to configure Bitcoin Core, here are a few common examples:
Descriptor Wallet and GUI:
This explicitly enables the GUI and disables legacy wallet support, assuming sqlite
and qt
are installed.
./autogen.sh
./configure --without-bdb --with-gui=yes MAKE=gmake
Descriptor & Legacy Wallet. No GUI:
This enables support for both wallet types and disables the GUI, assuming
sqlite3
and db4
are both installed.
./autogen.sh
./configure --with-gui=no \
BDB_LIBS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib -ldb_cxx-4.8" \
BDB_CFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include" \
MAKE=gmake
No Wallet or GUI
./autogen.sh
./configure --without-wallet --with-gui=no MAKE=gmake
2. Compile
Important: Use gmake
(the non-GNU make
will exit with an error).
gmake # use "-j N" for N parallel jobs
gmake check # Run tests if Python 3 is available