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installing the toolchain will be different.
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Install the general dependencies. First, ensure your system is updated and has the latest security patches.
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt upgrade
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sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils curl git
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```bash
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt upgrade
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sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils curl git
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```
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A host toolchain (`build-essential`) is necessary because some dependency
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packages (such as `protobuf`) need to build host utilities that are used in the
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build process.
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Make sure this code is available in your Ubuntu directory. If you've unzipped a single downloaded file, you may need to change
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the permissions of all extracted files with command like:
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sudo chmod -R <your_username> .
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```bash
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sudo chmod -R <your_username> .
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```
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If you've downloaded via `git`, do not use `sudo`. Instead prefer something like:
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cd $HOME
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git clone https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin.git
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git checkout <branchname>
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```bash
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cd $HOME
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git clone https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin.git
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git checkout <branchname>
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```
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... where `<branchname>` is the name of the branch you want to build, such as
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"1.14.7-dev" for the unstable branch or "master" for the most recent stable
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## Building for 64-bit Windows
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To build executables for Windows 64-bit, install the following dependencies:
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sudo apt-get install g++-mingw-w64-x86-64
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sudo apt-get install g++-mingw-w64-x86-64
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```
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For Ubuntu 20.04, set the default mingw32 g++ compiler option to posix:
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sudo update-alternatives --config x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
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```bash
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sudo update-alternatives --config x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
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...Choose the "posix" (vs 'auto' or 'win32') option, and continue.
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Note that for WSL v1 the Dogecoin Core source path MUST be somewhere in the default mount file system, for
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To identify your version of WSL, run the command:
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If using WSL 1, you'll need to turn off WSL Support for Win32 applications temporarily, or you will get ABI errors and format errors for some .o files.
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If using WSL 1 then build using:
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PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e 's/:\/mnt.*//g') # strip out problematic Windows %PATH% imported var
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sudo bash -c "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/status" # Temporarily Disable WSL support for Win32 applications.
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cd depends
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make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
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./autogen.sh # not required when building from release tarball
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CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
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sudo bash -c "echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/status" # Re-Enable WSL support for Win32 applications.
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PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e 's/:\/mnt.*//g') # strip out problematic Windows %PATH% imported var
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sudo bash -c "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/status" # Temporarily Disable WSL support for Win32 applications.
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cd depends
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make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
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cd ..
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./autogen.sh # not required when building from release tarball
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CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
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```
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PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e 's/:\/mnt.*//g') # strip out problematic Windows %PATH% imported var
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PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e 's/:\/mnt.*//g') # strip out problematic Windows %PATH% imported var
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cd depends
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make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
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./autogen.sh # not required when building from release tarball
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CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
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