Cryptonote is a privacy-oriented decentralized platform for cryptocurrency based on the CryptoNote protocol. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Cryptonote on Manjaro.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
Click the Applications menu on your desktop, then select Terminal to open the terminal window.
To install Cryptonote on Manjaro, we first need to install its dependencies. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -S cmake git boost
Enter your password when prompted and wait for the installation process to finish.
Next, we need to clone the Cryptonote repository using Git. Run the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/cryptonotefoundation/cryptonote
This will create a copy of the Cryptonote repository on your local machine.
Now that we have the Cryptonote repository on our local machine, we can build the software. Navigate to the cloned repository directory using the following command:
cd cryptonote
Next, run the following commands to build Cryptonote:
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
This will build Cryptonote and create an executable file called simplewallet in the build/src directory.
To run Cryptonote, navigate to the build/src directory and run the following command:
./simplewallet
This will launch the Cryptonote command-line interface. You can now use Cryptonote to transact and store your cryptocurrency securely.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Cryptonote on Manjaro. Following these steps, you can start using Cryptonote for your cryptocurrency transactions.
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