Installing Zel Daemon
This guide walks through the step-by-step process of building the Zel daemon/CLI from the open-source repository on Github
Getting Started
Recommended System Specs:
2 or more CPU threads
64-bit Linux (Ubuntu 18.04)
4+ GB RAM
25+ GB Storage
The instructions below on this page are for setting up a standard p2p node, not a ZelNode to collect network rewards
Running a standard p2p node does not yield any Zel
Building for Linux from source
Building source works for many popular Ubuntu, Debian, & Fedora distros. We officially support Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver"
Install Ubuntu/Debian dependencies
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
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sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python python-zmq zlib1g-dev wget curl bsdmainutils automake
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Install Fedora dependencies (if not using Ubuntu/Debian OS)
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sudo dnf install git pkgconfig automake autoconf ncurses-devel python python-zmq wget gtest-devel gcc gcc-c++ libtool curl patch
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Build zelcashd
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git clone https://github.com/zelcash/zelcash.git
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cd zelcash
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git checkout master
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./zcutil/build.sh -j$(nproc)
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Create config file
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mkdir ~/.zelcash
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echo "rpcuser=username" >> ~/.zelcash/zelcash.conf
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echo "rpcpassword=`head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64`" >> ~/.zelcash/zelcash.conf
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echo "rpcallowip=127.0.0.1" >> ~/.zelcash/zelcash.conf
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echo "addnode=explorer.zel.cash" >> ~/.zelcash/zelcash.conf
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echo "addnode=explorer.zel.zelcore.io" >> ~/.zelcash/zelcash.conf
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Fetch params
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cd zelcash
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./zcutil/fetch-params.sh
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Run zelcashd
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./src/zelcashd
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Building for MacOS from source
Install dependencies
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#install xcode
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xcode-select --install
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/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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brew install cmake autoconf libtool automake coreutils pkgconfig gmp wget
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brew install gcc5 --without-multilib
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Build
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git clone https://github.com/zelcash/zelcash.git
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cd zelcash
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git checkout master
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./zcutil/build.sh -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
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Fetch params
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./zcutil/fetch-params.sh
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Create config file
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mkdir ~/Library/Application Support/zelcash/
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echo "rpcuser=username" >> ~/Library/Application Support/zelcash/zelcash.conf
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echo "rpcpassword=`head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64`" >> ~/Library/Application Support/zelcash/zelcash.conf
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echo "rpcallowip=127.0.0.1" >> ~/Library/Application Support/zelcash/zelcash.conf
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echo "addnode=explorer.zel.cash" >> ~/Library/Application Support/zelcash/zelcash.conf
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echo "addnode=explorer.zel.zelcore.io" >> ~/Library/Application Support/zelcash/zelcash.conf
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Run zelcashd
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./src/zelcashd
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Building for Windows from source
Install dependencies
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sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libtool ncurses-dev cmake unzip git python zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake mingw-w64 curl
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Build zelcashd
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git clone https://github.com/zelcash/zelcash.git
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cd zelcash
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git checkout master
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./zcutil/build-win.sh -j$(nproc)
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Create config file
Create folder %AppData%/Roaming/ZelCash
Create txt file zelcash.conf in above folder. Copy/paste the below into zelcash.conf and save, close. Change rpc username and password
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rpcuser=randomusername
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rpcpassword=RandomPasswordChangeme
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rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
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addnode=explorer.zel.cash
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addnode=explorer.zel.zelcore.io
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Fetch params
Create folder %AppData%/Roaming/ZcashParams
Download the below links into this folder
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https://zelcore.io/zelcore/sapling-output.params
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https://zelcore.io/zelcore/sapling-spend.params
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https://zelcore.io/zelcore/sprout-groth16.params
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https://zelcore.io/zelcore/sprout-proving.key
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https://zelcore.io/zelcore/sprout-verifying.key
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Run zelcashd
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zelcashd.exe
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Install using APT repo
The APT repo works with many popular Ubuntu & Debian distros
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echo 'deb https://zelcash.github.io/aptrepo/ all main' | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zelcash.list
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gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 4B69CA27A986265D
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gpg --export 4B69CA27A986265D | sudo apt-key add -
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install zelcash
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This installs zelcashd, zelcash-cli, zelcash-tx and zelcash-fetch-params
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cd zelcash
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chmod +x zelcash-fetch-params
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./zelcash-fetch-params
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Building for ARM from source (cross-compile)
Cross-compile works on Debian 9 and Ubuntu 18.04, possibly other versions and distros. This build is not officially supported.
Install dependencies
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
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sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python python-zmq zlib1g-dev wget curl bsdmainutils automake
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sudo apt-get install gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
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sudo apt install g++-aarch64-linux-gnu
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Build zelcashd
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git clone https://github.com/zelcash/zelcash.git
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cd zelcash
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git checkout master
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HOST=aarch64-linux-gnu ./zcutil/build.sh
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This will build zelcashd, zelcash-cli, and zelcash-tx
Move the above files to your ARM device under ~/zelcash/src/
Fetch params
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mkdir ~/zelcash/zcutil && cd ~/zelcash/zcutil
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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zelcash/zelcash/master/zcutil/fetch-params.sh
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chmod +x fetch-params.sh
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./fetch-params.sh
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Run zelcashd
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~/zelcash/src/zelcashd
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