Build process on linux #3487

issue benjiqq opened this issue on January 5, 2014

benjiqq commented at 10:28 AM on January 5, 2014: none
i'm trying to build bitcoind on Ubuntu 13.04 following the standard instructions

I was able to compile with if I add these three packages, however without the correct BDB: libdb++-dev libprotobuf-dev alien.

I tried to build BDB myself and then I get
```
EXCEPTION: N5boost12interprocess22interprocess_exceptionE       
No such file or directory       
bitcoin in AppInit()
```
The docs don't mention LevelDB at all. Is LevelDB optional?
laanwj commented at 10:37 AM on January 5, 2014: member

Leveldb is part of the source, you don't need to do anything special for it.

libprotobuf-dev should be available as package.
laanwj referenced this in commit 7a744c48dd on Jan 5, 2014
laanwj referenced this in commit e78122d399 on Jan 5, 2014
laanwj commented at 9:13 AM on January 6, 2014: member

About the BDB error: it could be a result of a BDB 4.8 versus 5.1 conflict.

You say you've built BDB yourself; can you verify using ldd that the compiled executable links against the expected BDB library?

benjiqq commented at 9:29 AM on January 7, 2014: none

The problem was I had to build BDB 4.8 NC, i.e. use db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz and NOT db-4.8.30.tar.gz

This script does the build

if [ ! -e db-4.8.30 ]
then
wget http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
tar zxvf db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
rm -f db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
fi

cd db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix
sudo ../dist/configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-cxx
make
sudo make install

benjiqq closed this on Jan 7, 2014
laanwj commented at 8:29 AM on February 27, 2014: member
For future reference to people google'ing this issue:
```
EXCEPTION: N5boost12interprocess22interprocess_exceptionE       
No such file or directory       
bitcoin in AppInit()
```
This means that your datadir is not writable. Boost interprocess cannot make the lock file.
MarcoFalke locked this on Sep 8, 2021

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