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https://github.com/moneroexamples/compile-monero-09-on-arch-linux

Compile Monero 0.9 on Arch Linux
https://github.com/moneroexamples/compile-monero-09-on-arch-linux

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# Compile Monero 0.9 on Arch Linux



The example shows how to compile the current github version of [Monero](https://getmonero.org/), as of 8 Sep 2016, on [Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org/). 



## Dependencies

Before proceeding with the compilation, the following packages are required:



```bash

#install git to download latest Monero source code from github

sudo pacman -Su --needed git



# install dependencies to be able to compile Monero

sudo pacman -Su --needed base-devel cmake boost miniupnpc unbound graphviz doxygen libunwind pkg-config openssl curl gtest

```



## Compilation



```bash

# download the latest monero source code from github

git clone https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero.git



# go into monero folder

cd bitmonero/



# apply patch for using Onion Blockchain Explorer (optional)

# https://github.com/moneroexamples/onion-monero-blockchain-explorer

# curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moneroexamples/compile-monero-09-on-ubuntu-16-04/master/res/tx_blob_to_tx_info.patch | git apply -v -

#



# apply a patch for gcc 6.1

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moneroexamples/compile-monero-09-on-arch-linux/master/fix_value_initialization.patch | git apply  -v -



# compile

make release

```



## Installation

After successful compilation, the Monero binaries should be located in `./build/release/bin` as shown below:



```bash

./build/release/bin/

├── bitmonerod

├── blockchain_converter

├── blockchain_dump

├── blockchain_export

├── blockchain_import

├── cn_deserialize

├── connectivity_tool

├── simpleminer

└── simplewallet

```



I usually move the binaries into `/opt/monero/` folder. This can be done in the following way:



```bash

# optional

sudo mkdir -p /opt/monero

sudo mv -v ./build/release/bin/* /opt/monero/

```



This should result in:

```bash

/opt/monero/

├── monero-blockchain-export

├── monero-blockchain-import

├── monerod

└── monero-wallet-cli

```



Now we can start the Monero daemon, i.e., `monerod`, and let it

download the blockchain and synchronize itself with the Monero network. After that, you can run your the `monero-wallet-cli`.



```bash

# launch the Monero daemon and let it synchronize with the Monero network

/opt/monero/monerod



# launch the Monero wallet

/opt/monero/monero-wallet-cli

```



## Useful aliases (with rlwrap)

`monerod` and `monero-wallet-cli` do not have tab-compliton nor history.

This problem can be overcome using [rlwrap](https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap).



```bash

# install rlwrap

sudo pacman -Su rlwrap wget



# download monerod and monero-wallet-cli commands files

wget -O ~/.bitmonero/monerocommands_bitmonerod.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moneroexamples/compile-monero-09-on-xubuntu-16-04-beta-1/master/monerocommands_bitmonerod.txt

wget -O ~/.bitmonero/monerocommands_simplewallet.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moneroexamples/compile-monero-09-on-xubuntu-16-04-beta-1/master/monerocommands_simplewallet.txt



# add aliases to .bashrc

echo "alias moneronode='rlwrap -f ~/.monero/monerocommands_simplewallet.txt /opt/monero/monerod'" >> ~/.bashrc

echo "alias monerowallet='rlwrap -f ~/.bitmonero/monerocommands_bitmonerod.txt /opt/monero/monero-wallet-cli'" >> ~/.bashrc



# reload .bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

```



With this, we can just start the daemon and wallet simply using

`moneronode` and `monerowallet` commands. `rlwrap` will provide

tab-complition and history for the Monero programs.



## Example screenshot



![Arch Screeshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moneroexamples/compile-monero-09-on-ubuntu-16-04/master/imgs/ubuntu_screen.jpg)



## Monero C++11 development (optional)

If you want to develop your own C++11 programs on top of Monero 0.9,

Monero's static libraries and headers will be needed. Below is shown

how they can be setup for use to write your own C++11 programs based

on Monero. An example of such a program is  [access-blockchain-in-cpp](https://github.com/moneroexamples/access-blockchain-in-cpp).



### Monero static libraries



When the compilation finishes, a number of static Monero libraries

should be generated. We will need them to link against in our C++11 programs.



Since they are spread out over different subfolders of the `./build/` folder, it is easier to just copy them into one folder. I assume that

 `/opt/monero-dev/libs` is the folder where they are going to be copied to.



```bash

# create the folder

sudo mkdir -p /opt/monero-dev/libs



# find the static libraries files (i.e., those with extension of *.a)

# and copy them to /opt/monero-dev/libs

# assuming you are still in monero/ folder which you downloaded from

# github

sudo find ./build/ -name '*.a' -exec cp -v {} /opt/monero-dev/libs  \;

```



 This should results in the following file structure:



 ```bash

 /opt/monero-dev/libs/

 ├── libblockchain_db.a

 ├── libblocks.a

 ├── libcommon.a

 ├── libcrypto.a

 ├── libcryptonote_core.a

 ├── libcryptonote_protocol.a

 ├── libdaemonizer.a

 ├── libgtest.a

 ├── libgtest_main.a

 ├── liblmdb.a

 ├── libminiupnpc.a

 ├── libmnemonics.a

 ├── libotshell_utils.a

 ├── libp2p.a

 ├── libringct.a

 ├── librpc.a

 └── libwallet.a

```



### Monero headers



Now we need to get Monero headers, as this is our interface to the

Monero libraries. Folder `/opt/monero-dev/headers` is assumed

to hold the headers.



```bash

# create the folder

sudo mkdir -p /opt/monero-dev/headers



# find the header files (i.e., those with extension of *.h)

# and copy them to /opt/monero-dev/headers.

# but this time the structure of directories is important

# so rsync is used to find and copy the headers files

sudo rsync -zarv --include="*/" --include="*.h" --exclude="*" --prune-empty-dirs ./ /opt/monero-dev/headers

```



This should results in the following file structure:



```bash

# ... only part shown to save some space

├── src

│   ├── blockchain_db

│   │   ├── berkeleydb

│   │   ├── blockchain_db.h

│   │   ├── db_types.h

│   │   └── lmdb

│   ├── blockchain_utilities

│   │   ├── blockchain_utilities.h

│   │   ├── blocksdat_file.h

│   │   ├── bootstrap_file.h

│   │   ├── bootstrap_serialization.h

│   │   └── fake_core.h

│   ├── blocks

│   │   └── blocks.h

```



## Other examples

Other examples can be found on  [github](https://github.com/moneroexamples?tab=repositories).

Please know that some of the examples/repositories are not

finished and may not work as intended.



## How can you help?



Constructive criticism, code and website edits are always good. They can be made through github.



Some Monero are also welcome:

```

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```