CX Installation on Linux

Info

You have got two options to install CX on Windows.

Binary Releases - Fast and safe Installation
Compiling from Source - better to customize your cx-options, also necessary for CX-Chains

Binary Releases

Download the latest version of cx from https://github.com/skycoin/cx/releases
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TODO: terminal command
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Unzip into the destination folder you want to have your CX-files.
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Setup the Environmental Variable $PATH so it knows your destination folder.
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Compiling from Source

Requirements

To compile cx from source you need golang installed!

Install Go

Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skycoin/skycoin/develop/INSTALLATION.md

Installation Packet Manager

We need to install linux dependencies on the correct distribution.

Ubuntu and Debian

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y curl git mercurial make binutils gcc bzr bison libgmp3-dev screen gcc build-essential

Centos and Fedora

sudo yum update -y && sudo yum upgrade -y
sudo yum install -y git curl make gcc mercurial binutils bzr bison screen
if [[ "$(cat /etc/redhat-release | grep -o CentOS)" == "CentOS" ]]; then sudo yum install -y build-essential libgmp3-dev; else sudo yum groupinstall -y "Development Tools" "Development Libraries" && sudo yum install -y gmp; fi;

Archlinux

First update the system and ensure the dependancies are met

sudo pacman -Syy && sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S base-devel

Install the latest version of go on Archlinux with:

sudo pacman -S go

Install Go From Source

Let's go to home directory and declare go's version that you want to download.

cd ~
export GOV=1.11.1 # golang version

After that, let's download and uncompress golang source.

curl -sS https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go$GOV.linux-amd64.tar.gz > go$GOV.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xvf go$GOV.linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm go$GOV.linux-amd64.tar.gz

lastly, let's install go.

sudo mv go /usr/local/go
sudo ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/go /usr/local/bin/go
sudo ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/godoc /usr/local/bin/godoc
sudo ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/gofmt /usr/local/bin/gofmt

Note

Find any golang source version at Go Website

Setup your GOPATH

The $GOPATH environment variable specifies the location of your workspace. It defaults to a directory named go inside your home directory, so $HOME/go on Unix.

Create your workspace directory with it's respective inner folders:

mkdir -p $HOME/go
mkdir -p $HOME/go/bin
mkdir -p $HOME/go/src
mkdir -p $HOME/go/pkg

Setup $GOPATH variable, add it to ~/.bashrc. After editing, run source ~/.bashrc or open a new tab.

export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOBIN

Test your Go installation

Create and run the hello.go application described here to check if your Go installation is working.

Make sure you have got go1.10+ installed. If not follow the guide above.
Download CX's respository with:
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go get github.com/skycoin/cx/cx/...
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Navigate to CX's repository and run:
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make install
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Test your installation by running:
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make test
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Note

If you intend to develop games with CX test by running:
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make test-full
```
To update your CX-Installation just run make install again.

Hello, World!

TODO

Next Step

The next step should be to search for a development environment that fits you to code as easy as possible. Have a look into Programming Tools to find and setup your favorite Code Editor.

Last update: 2021-09-28