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The current FreeBSD Build documentation is a little outdated and underwhelming. This PR updates the doc to be more informative. It also adds new instructions for building the GUI and adding support for descriptor wallets. on vasild's recommendation: it is ok to point the user to download db5 which has an active port package instead of building db4 from the provided script. Co-authored-by: Vasil Dimov <vd@freebsd.org>
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# FreeBSD Build Guide
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**Updated for FreeBSD [12.2](https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.2R/announce.html)**
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This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on FreeBSD.
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## Dependencies
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The following dependencies are **required**:
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Library | Purpose | Description
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[autoconf](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/autoconf/) | Build | Automatically configure software source code
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[automake](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/automake/) | Build | Generate makefile (requires autoconf)
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[libtool](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/libtool/) | Build | Shared library support
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[pkgconf](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/pkgconf/) | Build | Configure compiler and linker flags
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[git](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/git/) | Clone | Version control system
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[gmake](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/gmake/) | Compile | Generate executables
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[boost-libs](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/boost-libs/) | Utility | Library for threading, data structures, etc
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[libevent](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/libevent/) | Networking | OS independent asynchronous networking
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The following dependencies are **optional**:
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Library | Purpose | Description
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[db5](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/databases/db5/) | Berkeley DB | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
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[qt5](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/qt5/) | GUI | GUI toolkit (only needed when GUI enabled)
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[libqrencode](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/graphics/libqrencode/) | QR codes in GUI | Generating QR codes (only needed when GUI enabled)
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[libzmq4](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/net/libzmq4/) | ZMQ notification | Allows generating ZMQ notifications (requires ZMQ version >= 4.0.0)
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[sqlite3](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/databases/sqlite3/) | SQLite DB | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
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[python3](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/lang/python3/) | Testing | Python Interpreter (only needed when running the test suite)
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See [dependencies.md](dependencies.md) for a complete overview.
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## Preparation
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### 1. Install Required Dependencies
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Install the required dependencies the usual way you [install software on FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ports.html) - either with `pkg` or via the Ports collection. The example commands below use `pkg` which is usually run as `root` or via `sudo`. If you want to use `sudo`, and you haven't set it up: [use this guide](http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Sudo%2C_configuring) to setup `sudo` access on FreeBSD.
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```bash
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pkg install autoconf automake boost-libs git gmake libevent libtool pkgconf
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```
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### 2. Clone Bitcoin Repo
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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.
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``` bash
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git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
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```
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### 3. Install Optional Dependencies
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#### Wallet Dependencies
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It is not necessary to build wallet functionality to run bitcoind or the GUI. To enable legacy wallets, you must install `db5`. To enable [descriptor wallets](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/descriptors.md), `sqlite3` is required. Skip `db5` if you intend to *exclusively* use descriptor wallets
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###### Legacy Wallet Support
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`db5` is required to enable support for legacy wallets. Skip if you don't intend to use legacy wallets
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```bash
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pkg install db5
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```
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###### Descriptor Wallet Support
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`sqlite3` is required to enable support for descriptor wallets. Skip if you don't intend to use descriptor wallets.
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``` bash
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pkg install sqlite3
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```
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#### GUI Dependencies
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###### Qt5
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Bitcoin Core includes a GUI built with the cross-platform Qt Framework. To compile the GUI, we need to install `qt5`. Skip if you don't intend to use the GUI.
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```bash
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pkg install qt5
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```
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###### libqrencode
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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.
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```bash
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pkg install libqrencode
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```
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---
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#### Test Suite Dependencies
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There is an included test suite that is useful for testing code changes when developing.
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To run the test suite (recommended), you will need to have Python 3 installed:
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```bash
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pkg install python3
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```
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## Building Bitcoin Core
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### 1. Configuration
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There are many ways to configure Bitcoin Core, here are a few common examples:
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##### Wallet (BDB + SQlite) Support, No GUI:
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This explicitly enables legacy wallet support and disables the GUI. If `sqlite3` is installed, then descriptor wallet support will be built.
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```bash
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./autogen.sh
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./configure --with-gui=no --with-incompatible-bdb \
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BDB_LIBS="-ldb_cxx-5" \
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BDB_CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include/db5" \
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MAKE=gmake
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```
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##### Wallet (only SQlite) and GUI Support:
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This explicitly enables the GUI and disables legacy wallet support. If `qt5` is not installed, this will throw an error. If `sqlite3` is installed then descriptor wallet functionality will be built. If `sqlite3` is not installed, then wallet functionality will be disabled.
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```bash
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./autogen.sh
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./configure --without-bdb --with-gui=yes MAKE=gmake
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```
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##### No Wallet or GUI
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``` bash
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./autogen.sh
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./configure --without-wallet --with-gui=no MAKE=gmake
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```
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### 2. Compile
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**Important**: Use `gmake` (the non-GNU `make` will exit with an error).
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```bash
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gmake # use -jX here for parallelism
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gmake check # Run tests if Python 3 is available
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```
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