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Mac OSX build instructions

These instructions are to build the GrowersCoin headless executable. If you want to build the graphical user interface, see readme-qt-osx.md for instructions on building the Qt desktop wallet.

The commands in this guide should be executed in a Terminal application. You just need to open the launchpad and type "term", then click on the icon.

Note: You're going to need Xcode, and to get Xcode you'll need to register as an Apple Developer and pay a fee. But there's a way to get a free license, just follow the steps on this article: https://ww.9to5mac.com/2016/03/27/how-to-create-free-apple-developer-account-sideload-apps/

Important: Apple removed support for 32 bit applications on macOS 10.15 (Catalina). These steps will guide you to build growersd for 64 bits architecture, which will make it compatible with Catalina.

Preparation

  1. Install Xcode.

  2. Open a Terminal window and install the macOS command line tools:

    xcode-select --install

    When the popup appears, click Install.

  3. Download and install MacPorts from http://www.macports.org/

  4. Install BerkeleyDB with MacPorts:

    sudo port db48

  5. Download dependencies:

    Create a folder called Devel on your home folder, then move the downloaded files from your downloads folder here.

  6. Open a terminal window and extract the packages:

    cd Devel
mkdir build
BUILDING_DIR=$HOME/Devel/build
tar -zxvf openssl-1.0.2u.tar.gz
tar -zxvf boost_1_58_0.tar.gz

  7. Build OpenSSL:

    cd $HOME/Devel/openssl-1.0.2u
./Configure darwin64-x86_64-cc --prefix=$BUILDING_DIR
make

  8. Build Boost:

    cd $HOME/Devel/boost_1_58_0
./bootstrap.sh
./b2 --prefix=$BUILDING_DIR \
     link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static variant=release \
     install

  9. (optional) Build MiniUPNPc:

    cd $HOME/Devel
tar -zxvf miniupnpc-1.9.20140610.tar.gz
cd miniupnpc-1.9.20140610
make
cp libminiupnpc.a $BUILDING_DIR/lib
mkdir $BUILDING_DIR/include/miniupnpc
cp *.h $BUILDING_DIR/include/miniupnpc

  10. Clone the GrowersCoin git repository:

    cd $HOME/Devel
git clone https://github.com/growersintl/growers.git

  11. Build LevelDB:

    cd $HOME/Devel/growers/src/leveldb
make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a

  12. Now you should be able to build growersd:

    If you compiled MiniUPNPc:

    cd cd $HOME/Devel/growers/src
make -f makefile.osx USE_UPNP=1 STATIC=1
strip growersd

    Else:

    cd cd $HOME/Devel/growers/src
make -f makefile.osx "USE_UPNP=-" STATIC=1
strip growersd

After a successful compilation, you should move the growersd binary to another location in your home folder.

Using the daemon

For a list of command-line options, run:

growersd --help

To start the growers daemon, run:

growersd -daemon

When the daemon is running, get a list of RPC commands with:

growersd help

Copyright information

Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Bitcoin Developers
Copyright (c) 2017-2019 GrowersCoin Developers

Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([email protected]) and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.