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Update Zebra's build instructions (#6273)
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- [Using Zebra](#using-zebra)
- [Release Candidates](#release-candidates)
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- [Build Instructions](#build-instructions)
- [Building Zebra](#building-zebra)
- [Optional Features](#optional-features)
- [Configuring JSON-RPC for lightwalletd](#configuring-json-rpc-for-lightwalletd)
- [Optional Features](#optional-features)
- [System Requirements](#system-requirements)
- [Memory Troubleshooting](#memory-troubleshooting)
- [macOS Test Troubleshooting](#macos-test-troubleshooting)
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For more information, read our [Docker documentation](book/src/user/docker.md).

You can also:
### Building Zebra

- [compile Zebra with metrics or tracing](https://doc.zebra.zfnd.org/zebrad/#metrics),
- [enable Zebra's RPC port](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra#configuring-json-rpc-for-lightwalletd), and
- [configure other features](https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/run.html).
Building Zebra requires [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install),
[libclang](https://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/group__CINDEX.html),
[pkg-config](http://pkgconf.org/), and a C++ compiler.

### Build Instructions
Zebra is tested with the latest `stable` Rust version. Earlier versions are not
supported or tested. Note that Zebra's code currently uses features introduced
in Rust 1.65, or any later stable release.

If you want to build `zebrad` yourself, you'll need [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install), [libclang](https://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html), a C++ compiler, and some other dependencies.
Below are quick summaries for installing the dependencies on your machine.

To run `zebrad`, follow the instructions to compile `zebrad`
for your platform:
<details><summary><h4>General instructions for installing dependencies</h4></summary>

1. Install [`cargo` and `rustc`](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install).
- Zebra is tested with the latest `stable` Rust version. Earlier versions are not supported or tested.
(Zebra's code uses features introduced in Rust 1.65, or any later stable release.)

2. Install Zebra's build dependencies:
- **libclang:** the `libclang`, `libclang-dev`, `llvm`, or `llvm-dev` packages
(these packages will have different names depending on your package manager)
- **clang** or another C++ compiler: `g++` (all platforms) or `Xcode` (macOS)
3. Run `cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra --tag v1.0.0-rc.5 zebrad`
4. Run `zebrad start` (see [Running Zebra](https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/run.html) for more information)

For more detailed instructions, refer to the [documentation](https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/install.html).
- **libclang** is a library that might have different names depending on your
package manager. Typical names are `libclang`, `libclang-dev`, `llvm`, or
`llvm-dev`.
- **clang** or another C++ compiler: `g++` (all platforms) or `Xcode` (macOS).
- **pkg-config**

</details>

<details><summary><h4>Dependencies on Arch</h4></summary>

```sh
sudo pacman -S rust clang pkgconf
```

Note that the package `clang` includes `libclang` as well as the C++ compiler.

</details>

Once the dependencies are in place, you can build Zebra

```sh
cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra --tag v1.0.0-rc.5 zebrad
```

You can start Zebra by

```sh
zebrad start
```

See the [Running Zebra](https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/run.html) section in the
book for more details.

#### Optional Features

You can also build Zebra with the following [Cargo features](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/features.html#command-line-feature-options):

- `sentry` for [Sentry monitoring](https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/requirements.html#sentry-production-monitoring);
- `filter-reload` for [dynamic tracing](https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/tracing.html#dynamic-tracing)
- `journald` for [`journald` logging](https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/tracing.html#journald-logging).
- `flamegraph` for [generating flamegraphs](https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/tracing.html#flamegraphs).
- `prometheus` for [Prometheus metrics](https://doc.zebra.zfnd.org/zebrad/#metrics).
- `getblocktemplate-rpcs` for [mining support](https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/mining.html).

You can arbitrarily combine the features by listing them as parameters of the `--features` flag:

```sh
cargo install --features="<feature1> <feature2> ..." ...
```

The features are also described in [the API
documentation](https://doc.zebra.zfnd.org/zebrad/index.html#zebra-feature-flags).
The debugging and monitoring features are disabled in release builds to increase
performance.

### Configuring JSON-RPC for lightwalletd

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It is recommended to use [adityapk00/lightwalletd](https://github.com/adityapk00/lightwalletd) because that is used in testing.
Other `lightwalletd` forks have limited support, see the [detailed `lightwalletd` instructions](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/blob/main/book/src/user/lightwalletd.md#sync-lightwalletd).

### Optional Features

For performance reasons, some debugging and monitoring features are disabled in release builds.

You can [enable these features](https://doc.zebra.zfnd.org/zebrad/index.html#zebra-feature-flags) using:

```sh
cargo install --features=<name> ...
```

### System Requirements

The recommended requirements for compiling and running `zebrad` are:
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