How to build Anoncoin from source

Master 0.9.6.13

These guides are for installing the latest master builds (9.6.13) from Github. The new master version was released the 01/06/2017 with version ID v0.9.6.13-979387d. This version is based on Bitcoin 0.10.99 code.

This version v0.9.6.13-979387d is the new official release build. FOr anci2pd the version is v0.9.6.13-06fddba

Windows or OSX users can download version v0.9.6.12-3fd47af here: https://github.com/Anoncoin/anoncoin/releases

anoncoin-0.9.6.12-win64-setup.exe 
Checksum: MD5 AC0B96AB335BE6E7E78B7D325AF4EBB3 SHA-1 DDB9A4BF777A870D874D872FCB381EF05FBF5E38

Linux users can build master 0.9.6.12-3fd47af following those instructions below.

Antergos/Arch 64 bit

For Arch, you will need to first enable the multilib repo, to pacman the lib32-qt4. Multilib is enabled by default in Antergos but not in normal Arch 1.

sudo pacman -S git
sudo pacman -S lib32-qt4

Then continue with those commands:

cd
git clone https://github.com/Anoncoin/anoncoin.git)
cd anoncoin
./autogen.sh
cd depends
make -j`nproc` 

The toolchain build will take half an hour or more depending processor and bandwidth, when it is over without error, on the prompt line type:

dir 

One of the newly created directories is named after the ‘triplet’, for instance x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, x86_64-w64-mingw32, i686-w64-mingw32, i686-pc-linux-gnu… : remember this as you will need to use it soon.

Now to configure the build of the Anoncoin executables, type the following line with being the name of the 'triplet' directory quoted above (without <>).

cd ..
./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/ <your triplet name>
 

Finally launch the build while still in the /anoncoin/ directory:

make -j`nproc`  

See below to recover the compiled binaries.

Ubuntu 64 bit or Debian 8

Open a terminal console and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install g++ git automake 

Add those dependencies too:

sudo apt-get install autoconf make libtool pkg-config libqt4-network libqtgui4 

You may need to install these other packages as well, but do so only if they misses at some point! : (Note, this will install ALL boost development packages)

sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev  git libdb++-dev libssl-dev 

Then continue with those commands:

cd
git clone https://github.com/Anoncoin/anoncoin.git
cd anoncoin
./autogen.sh
cd depends
make -j`nproc`  

The toolchain build will take half an hour or more depending processor and bandwidth, when it is over without error, on the prompt line type:

dir 

One of the newly created directories is named after the ‘triplet’, for instance x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, x86_64-w64-mingw32, i686-w64-mingw32… : remember this as you will need to use it soon.

Now to configure the build of the Anoncoin executables, type the following line with being the name of the 'triplet' directory quoted above (without <>).

cd ..
./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/ <your triplet name> 

If you want to build without the GUI, pass this argument to configure too : –without-gui

Finally launch the build while still in the /anoncoin/ directory:

make -j`nproc`  

Now you can recover the compiled binaries (below).

In case of sse2 related errors after typing make, run this command:

export CFLAGS=“-msse2” ; export CPPFLAGS=“-msse2” ; export CXXFLAGS=“-msse2” 

and then

make clean 

Now do again

./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/ <your triplet name>
make -j`nproc`  

Recovering the compiled binaries:

Three programs were created:

anoncoin/src/anoncoind

anoncoin/src/anoncoin-cli

anoncoin/src/qt/anoncoin-qtc 

If you would like to save the resulting executables, you can do the following:

make install 

This will store your 3 binaries in your /bin directory, for example: /home/cs8m/anoncoin/depends/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin

To allow anoncoin-qt to be executable from any directory, you can copy it to usr/local/bin:

cd src/qt
sudo cp anoncoin-qtc /usr/local/bin 

Now jump to What do do next? section How_to_build_Anoncoin_from_source#What_to_do_next.3F

Ubuntu 32 bit

Do the same as for 64 bit (see above). But In case of sse2 related errors after typing the secondmake command in anoncoin directory, run this command:

export CFLAGS=“-msse2” ; export CPPFLAGS=“-msse2” ; export CXXFLAGS=“-msse2” 

and then

make clean 

Now do again

./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/ <your triplet name>
make -j`nproc`  

You get the three binaries needed to run the wallet. Follow the 64 bit guide for how to install them in more convenient folders.

Windows build using Ubuntu 64 bit in a VM (VirtualBox)

Precompiled builds can be downloaded (version v0.9.6.12-3fd47af) here: https://github.com/Anoncoin/anoncoin/releases

anoncoin-0.9.6.12-win64-setup.exe Checksum: MD5 AC0B96AB335BE6E7E78B7D325AF4EBB3 SHA-1 DDB9A4BF777A870D874D872FCB381EF05FBF5E38 

(Additional material, on how to build Anoncoin for another HOST)

After having saved the previously generated 3 binaries in your /bin directory, the working directory tree can be cleaned of all your files used to create that configuration (see above)...

cd ~/anoncoin
make distclean 

In the following example, we will be using Windows 64 bit as the target host.

If you haven’t already done so, be sure now to have installed the g++ compiler for your target machine type, in this case we need the mingw-w64 tools for developers installed. Additionally, if you desire a Windows setup.exe to be built, you need to install the nsis developer tool. It works well with our Anoncoin setup.nsi script to build reliable Windows install/uninstall packages.

sudo apt-get install mingw-w64 nsis 

Then finally you can build the toolchain for that alternative:

./autogen.sh
cd depends
make -j`nproc` HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32  

After the toolchain has been constructed, now build Anoncoin with your new prefix:

cd ..
./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32 
make -j`nproc` 
make install 

This will store your 3 binaries in your /bin directory, in this case:

/home/cs8m/anoncoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin 

Note: After that final install step, an anoncoin setup.exe can be built for windows too as follow. From the ~/anoncoin/ directory:

mkdir release/ 
cp depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/*.exe release/
cd share/
makensis setup.nsi 

The anoncoin-0.9.6.9-win64-setup.exe and the executables will be found in anoncoin/release and can be copied to your windows 64 bit machine.

To create a shared folder with the host computer on VirtualBox 4.3.20 (change number if another version is used), install the add-on:

wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.20/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.20.iso
sudo mount -o loop VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.20.iso /mnt
cd /mnt
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run  

In VirtualBox, create a shared folder with automount activated

You shall then add your own user name to the vboxsf group to get access to the shared folder

sudo adduser username vboxsf

Restart the VM and you shall see the shared folder in /media. Put the binaries inside to copy them to your host machine.

So there you go, how to build Anoncoin for multiple targets on your linux machine.

OS X

Download the Anoncoin code and then change to the anoncoin directory using the commands

git clone https://github.com/Anoncoin/anoncoin.git
cd anoncoin  

Next generate the make files using

./autogen.sh 

Now, change to the directory ‘depends’ to start building the required dependencies

cd depends
./config.guess 

This last command should output a triplet that looks something like this: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0. Enter (changing the triplet if necessary)

make -j`nproc` HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin14.3.0  

The dependencies should download and build. If there are no errors, continue to building the anoncoin binaries:

cd ..
./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/x86_64-apple-darwin14.3.0 
make -j`nproc` HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin14.3.0 
make check
make install 

The binaries anoncoind, anoncoin-cli, and anoncoin-qt should be located in the directories src and src/qt. To make an OSX application file, use

make deploy 

This will create Anoncoin.app and Anoncoin.dmg in the the root anoncoin directory.

On first execution, if the directory ~Library/Application\ Support/Anoncoin contained a blockchain from a previously installed version, execute

anoncoin-qt -reindex 

Ubuntu 64 bit or Debian 8 - Without toolchain

If you want to build anoncoind and anoncoin-cli without using the toolchain.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install g++ git automake
sudo apt-get install autoconf make libtool pkg-config libqt4-network libqtgui4 

After the dependencies got installed, download anoncoin and configure the building process.

cd
git clone https://github.com/Anoncoin/anoncoin.git
cd anoncoin
./autogen.sh
./configure 

If you encounter any error.

sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev git libdb++-dev libssl-dev 

If you encounter configure: error: libdb_cxx headers missing.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev 

Now launch the configure again.

./configure 

If you want to compile the GUI (anoncoin-qtc). After “make”, anoncoin-qtc will be found in src/qt/.

sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler
./configure --with-gui=qt4 

Now after a succesful configure ending, launch the build.

make -j`nproc`  

You now have built src/anoncoind, src/anoncoin-cli and maybe src/qt/anoncoin-qtc.

The executables are quite big because they are built with GCC and you can strip the debug symbols, which reduces the executable size by about 90%.

strip src/anoncoind
strip src/anoncoin-cli
strip src/qt/anoncoin-qtc 

For the command line client, you can skip to the command line setup on the first run. For the qt-client GUI, check What_to_do_next.


FACULTATIVE: In case of libdb4.8-dev failure, Ubuntu and Debian have their own libdb-dev and libdb++-dev packages, but these will install BerkeleyDB 5.1 or later, which break binary wallet compatibility with the distributed executables which are based on BerkeleyDB 4.8. If you do not care about wallet compatibility and if the above three lines with libdb4.8 failed, install libdb5.1 and pass –with-incompatible-bdb to configure. Otherwise, go directly to the “make” step.

sudo apt-get install libdb5.1++-dev 

As explained, if you use BerkeleyDB 5.1 you will encounter configure: error: Found Berkeley DB other than 4.8. Warning if you do not compile using Berkeley DB version 4.8 the wallet will not be portable (incompatibility issues with other build using Berkeley DB version 4.8). Please backup your previous wallet just in case and know what you are doing.

./configure --with-incompatible-bdb 

Now after a succesful configure ending, launch the build.

make -j`nproc`  

Anoncoind and anoncoin-cli command line setup first run

Anoncoind and anoncoin-cli will have been created in anoncoin/src folder. To run it the first time, with no previous datadir (if it exists from a previous version please remove everything in ~/.anoncoin but not wallet.dat).

mkdir ~/.anoncoin
cp doc/anoncoin.conf.sample ~/.anoncoin/anoncoin.conf
nano ~/.anoncoin/anoncoin.conf 

In anoncoin.conf, change rpcuser, rpcpassword

For clearnet-only comment onlynet=i2p and in i2p.options set enabled=0

For I2P-only uncomment onlynet=i2p and in i2p.options set enabled=1

For I2P and clearnet (mixed mode) comment onlynet=i2p and in i2p.options set enabled=1

For I2P router configuration and settings check How_to_setup_your_Anoncoin_wallet#Using_the_command_line_to_generate_a_random_anoncoin_address_and_run_anoncoind_with_I2P

Execute anoncoind and anoncoin-cli

src/anoncoind
src/anoncoin-cli getinfo
src/anoncoin-cli getchaintips 

What to do next?

  • Before the first run, please remove everything in the %appdata%/anoncoin directory (windows) or the .anoncoin/ directory (linux) except wallet.dat. The old anoncoin.conf is not compatible and the windows setup will open an anoncoin.conf.txt at the end of installation, which shall be renammed anoncoin.conf and copied in %appdata%/anoncoin. Similarly for linux a anoncoin.conf.sample can be found in the anoncoin/doc directory and shall be copied to .anoncoin/anoncoin.conf.
  • To automatically generate an I2P address, launch the I2P java router with SAM bridge enabled and default configuration, and execute (or run the “Generate I2P static privatekey” shortcut on windows):
anoncoin-qtc -i2p.options.enabled=1 -onlynet=i2p -generatei2pdestination 

To run in I2P only mode, without anoncoin.conf file, execute (or run the “Anoncoin Core I2P-only” shortcut on windows):

anoncoin-qtc -i2p.options.enabled=1 -onlynet=i2p 

The I2P address generated above will be used unless another one is specified in anoncoin.conf. Please also check How_to_setup_your_Anoncoin_wallet#Setting_up_your_client_to_use_I2P_.289.6.9.29.

  • To use the bootstrap.dat (https://mega.nz/#!IqACmRhL!2Ti8rUlsnWoD4d5q3boMHQwaEbbqmxZqYq6FmWevVxI)

If there is no /home/username/.anoncoin/ or %appdata%/anoncoin, you can either:

  • manually create it mkdir ~/.anoncoin and put the anoncoin.conf and bootstrap.dat in it, then I2P will be enabled by default from the anoncoin.conf (onlynet=i2p)

  • alternatively, run anoncoin-qtc once with the I2P only mode and close it after one minute to let it create the Anoncoin data directory.

Then, place the bootstrap.dat file in the appropriate Anoncoin data directory: How_to_use_a_bootstrap_file_to_speed_up_initial_synchronization

  • Create the anoncoin.conf file in the appropriate Anoncoin data directory.

  • Check the list of all anoncoin commands

Anoncoin-cli_commands