Build xayad

Build xayad

Follow the instructions below to build xayad from source.

Update and Upgrade Ubuntu

Open a terminal and issue the following commands.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Install Dependencies

Issue the following command to install dependencies.

sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils python3 libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev

Build xayad

Next, build and install xayad with the commands below.

Regarding the git checkout 1.2, visit https://github.com/xaya/xaya/branches and choose the most up-to-date version, e.g. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc.

Regarding make -j2, "2" is the number of cores to use to build xayad. Choose a higher number to build xayad faster.

git clone https://github.com/xaya/xaya
cd xaya
git checkout 1.7
./autogen.sh
./configure
make -j2
sudo make install

CONGRATULATIONS!

You just built xayad!

You can now run and use:

• xaya-qt
• xaya-cli
• xayad

See here for how to run xayad with options.