Ubuntu Server 18.04 instructions

These instructions assume:

• You are using a minimal Ubuntu Server 18.04 image; other versions may not work
• You are using a fresh image or container. If you installed any packages before following these instructions, or selected any optional components (e.g. compilers, services, GUIs, etc.), then these instructions may fail.

The repo also includes a Dockerfile which does these steps. The Dockerfile needs 10 cores and plenty of RAM to build.

Install build environment

Install clang 8 and other needed tools:

apt update && apt install -y wget gnupg

cd ~
wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | apt-key add -

apt update && apt install -y \
    autoconf2.13        \
    build-essential     \
    bzip2               \
    cargo               \
    clang-8             \
    git                 \
    libgmp-dev          \
    libpq-dev           \
    lld-8               \
    lldb-8              \
    ninja-build         \
    nodejs              \
    npm                 \
    pkg-config          \
    postgresql-server-dev-all \
    python2.7-dev       \
    python3-dev         \
    rustc               \
    zlib1g-dev

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang clang /usr/bin/clang-8 100
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang++ clang++ /usr/bin/clang++-8 100

Build and install Boost 1.70. Adjust -j10 to match your machine. Bad things will happen if you don't have enough RAM for the number of cores you use:

cd ~
wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.70.0/source/boost_1_70_0.tar.gz
tar xf boost_1_70_0.tar.gz
cd boost_1_70_0
./bootstrap.sh
./b2 toolset=clang -j10 install

Build and install CMake 3.14.5. Adjust --parallel= and -j to match your machine. Bad things will happen if you don't have enough RAM for the number of cores you use:

cd ~
wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.14.5/cmake-3.14.5.tar.gz
tar xf cmake-3.14.5.tar.gz
cd cmake-3.14.5
./bootstrap --parallel=10
make -j10
make -j10 install

Install eosio 1.8.1

cd ~
wget https://github.com/EOSIO/eos/releases/download/v1.8.1/eosio_1.8.1-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
apt install -y ./eosio_1.8.1-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb

Install CDT 1.6.2

cd ~
wget https://github.com/EOSIO/eosio.cdt/releases/download/v1.6.2/eosio.cdt_1.6.2-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb
apt install -y ./eosio.cdt_1.6.2-1-ubuntu-18.04_amd64.deb

Build History Tools

cd ~
git clone --recursive https://github.com/EOSIO/history-tools.git
cd history-tools
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-8 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-8 ..
bash -c "cd ../src && npm install node-fetch"
ninja