The process for compiling the Litecoin daemon, litecoind, from the source code is pretty simple. This guide is based on the latest stable version of Debian Linux, though it should not need many modifications for any distro forked from Debian, such as Ubuntu and Xubuntu.
This article is copied from the LURKMORE Wiki and may not be the most recent version.
Update and install dependencies
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
apt-get install ntp git build-essential libssl-dev libdb-dev libdb++-dev libboost-all-dev libqrencode-dev
wget http://miniupnp.free.fr/files/download.php?file=miniupnpc-1.8.tar.gz && tar -zxf download.php\?file\=miniupnpc-1.8.tar.gz && cd miniupnpc-1.8/
make && make install && cd .. && rm -rf miniupnpc-1.8 download.php\?file\=miniupnpc-1.8.tar.gz
- Note: Debian testing and unstable require
libboost1.54-all-dev
.
Compile the daemon
Download the source code
git clone https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin
Compile litecoind
cd litecoin/src
make -f makefile.unix USE_UPNP=1 USE_QRCODE=1 USE_IPV6=1
strip litecoind
Add a user and move litecoind
adduser litecoin && usermod -g users litecoin && delgroup litecoin && chmod 0701 /home/litecoin
mkdir /home/litecoin/bin
cp ~/litecoin/src/litecoind /home/litecoin/bin/litecoind
chown -R litecoin:users /home/litecoin/bin
cd && rm -rf litecoin
Run the daemon
su litecoin
cd && bin/litecoind
On the first run, litecoind will return an error and tell you to make a configuration file, named litecoin.conf, in order to add a username and password to the file.
nano ~/.litecoin/litecoin.conf && chmod 0600 ~/.litecoin/litecoin.conf
Add the following to your config file, changing the username and password to something secure:
daemon=1
rpcuser=<username>
rpcpassword=<secure password>
You can just copy the username and password provided by the error message when you first ran litecoind.
Run litecoind
once more to start the daemon!
Using litecoind
litecoind help
The above command will list all available functions of the Litecoin daemon. To safely stop the daemon, execute litecoind stop
.
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