🗜️ Compile from Source Code

Install compilation dependencies

Rust

witnet-rust is being developed using the Rust programming language. You need to install Rust on your system to be able to compile the source code. Follow installation instructions for your operating system provided on rustup.rs

Compilation dependencies

  apt install -y clang git libssl-dev protobuf-compiler librocksdb-dev pkg-config

Clone source code from Witnet GitHub repository

git clone https://github.com/witnet/witnet-rust.git
cd witnet-rust

Get the latest genesis_block.json

  curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/witnet/genesis_block/master/latest/genesis_block.json -o genesis_block.json

Compile and run with cargo

By default, this line will run a Witnet node and connect to the Testnet using the default configuration:

  cargo run node server

For more witnet-rust commands you can read the witnet-rust CLI documentation.

Building a release

This one-liner will build a releasable standalone binary compatible with the architecture of your computer's processor:

  cargo build --release

The resulting binary will be located at ./target/release/witnet.