Installation
In this chapter, we will see how to install Tezos from the source with Unbuntu and macOS.
Build from source (Ubuntu)
Fisrt install the libraries that Tezos is dependent on
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y rsync git m4 build-essential patch unzip bubblewrap wget pkg-config libgmp-dev libev-dev libhidapi-dev
Type your password when prompted.
[sudo] password for username:
Install Rust
Compiling Tezos requires, the Rust compiler and the Cargo package manager, to be installed.
cd $HOME
wget https://sh.rustup.rs/rustup-init.sh
chmod +x rustup-init.sh
./rustup-init.sh --profile minimal --default-toolchain 1.44.0 -y
source $HOME/.cargo/env
Install Zcash Parameters
Tezos binaries require the Zcash parameter files to run.
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zcash/zcash/master/zcutil/fetch-params.sh
chmod +x fetch-params.sh
./fetch-params.sh
Install OPAM
wget https://github.com/ocaml/opam/releases/download/2.0.3/opam-2.0.3-x86_64-linux
sudo cp opam-2.0.3-x86_64-linux /usr/local/bin/opam
sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/opam
Get sources
git clone https://gitlab.com/tezos/tezos.git
cd tezos
git checkout latest-release
Install Tezos dependencies
opam init --bare
make build-deps
Answers the prompts with 'N' then 'y'.
You may also be prompted for your sudo password.
You may encounter a "switch" error, but you can ignore it. You may encounter failures in the processes of the make build-deps command. In that case, just re-type the command to re-initiate.
Compile sources
eval $(opam env)
make
You can quickly check the correct installations of some files:
./tezos-client --version
./tezos-admin-client --version
The commands should return appropriate versions.
Build from source (MacOs)
Install Homebrew
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Install the libraries that Tezos is dependent on
brew install hidapi libev
On Catalina you may see the following error, if you have xcode installed:
“xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun"
If this is the case, then run the following command to update your xcode, then install and restart the terminal.
xcode-select --install
Install Rust
Compiling Tezos requires the Rust compiler and the Cargo package manager to be installed.
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env
Get sources
git clone https://gitlab.com/tezos/tezos.git
cd tezos
git checkout latest-release
Install the OPAM
brew install gpatch
brew install opam
opam init
opam update
eval $(opam env)
Install Tezos dependencies
cd tezos
make build-deps
You may encounter a "switch" error: You can ignore it. You may encounter failures in the processes of the make build-deps command. In that case, just re-type the command to re-initiate.
Compile sources
eval $(opam env)
make
You can quickly check the correct installations of some files:
./tezos-client --version
./tezos-admin-client --version
Other installations methods
To have a pre-built binary distributions for some popular Linux distros refer to
To use a Docker installation refer to
https://tezos.gitlab.io/introduction/howtoget.html#using-docker-images
To easily setup a node and a baker refer to
https://github.com/serokell/tezos-packaging/blob/master/docs/baking.md
References
[2] https://www.coincashew.com/coins/overview-xtz/guide-how-to-setup-a-baker/install-a-tezos-node
[3] https://tezbaker-io.medium.com/tezos-mainnet-setting-up-home-baking-on-a-mac-c7730a68c41d