chia-blockchain/INSTALL.md

To install the chia-blockchain node, follow the instructions according to your operating system.

MacOS

Make sure brew is available before starting the setup.

brew upgrade python
brew install cmake gmp

git clone https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-blockchain.git
cd chia-blockchain

sh install.sh
. .venv/bin/activate

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake libgmp3-dev --no-install-recommends
sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-venv --no-install-recommends

git clone https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-blockchain.git
cd chia-blockchain

sh install.sh

. .venv/bin/activate

Amazon Linux 2

sudo yum update
sudo yum install gcc-c++ cmake3 wget git openssl openssl-devel
sudo yum install python3 python3-devel libffi-devel gmp-devel

sudo amazon-linux-extras install epel
sudo yum install mpfr-devel

# CMake - add a symlink for cmake3 - required by blspy
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/cmake3 /usr/local/bin/cmake

git clone https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-blockchain.git
cd chia-blockchain

sh install.sh

. .venv/bin/activate

CentOS 7

sudo yum update
sudo yum install centos-release-scl-rh epel-release
sudo yum install devtoolset-8-toolchain cmake3 libffi-devel
sudo yum install gmp-devel libsqlite3x-devel
sudo yum install wget git openssl openssl-devel

sudo amazon-linux-extras install epel
sudo yum install mpfr-devel

# CMake - add a symlink for cmake3 - required by blspy
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/cmake3 /usr/local/bin/cmake

scl enable devtoolset-8 bash

# Install Python 3.7.5 (current rpm's are 3.6.x)
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.5/Python-3.7.5.tgz
tar -zxvf Python-3.7.5.tgz; cd Python-3.7.5
./configure --enable-optimizations; sudo make install; cd ..

git clone https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-blockchain.git
cd chia-blockchain

sh install.sh
. .venv/bin/activate

Windows (WSL + Ubuntu)

Install WSL + Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, upgrade to Ubuntu 19.x

This will require multiple reboots. From an Administrator PowerShell Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux and then Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform. Once that is complete, install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from the Windows Store.

# Upgrade to 19.x
sudo nano /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
# Change "Prompt=lts" to "Prompt=normal" save and exit

sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
sudo do-release-upgrade

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake python3-dev python3-venv software-properties-common libgmp3-dev --no-install-recommends

git clone https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-blockchain.git
cd chia-blockchain

sudo sh install.sh
. .venv/bin/activate

Alternate method for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

In ./install.sh: Change python3 to python3.7 Each line that starts with pip ... becomes python -m pip ...

sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake python3-dev python3-venv software-properties-common libgmp3-dev --no-install-recommends

# Install python3.7 with ppa
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get install -y python3.7 python3.7-venv python3.7-dev

git clone https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-blockchain.git
cd chia-blockchain

sudo sh install.sh
. .venv/bin/activate