How to Install Iguana on macOS

Iguana is a blockchain platform that provides a secure and scalable blockchain ecosystem for developers and businesses. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Iguana on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before installing Iguana, you need to ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

• macOS 10.13 or later
• Homebrew package manager installed on your system
• Git command-line tool installed on your system

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Open the Terminal app on your macOS system and install the required dependencies using Homebrew package manager by running the command:

brew install boost libevent miniupnpc openssl zeromq

Step 2: Clone Iguana Repository

Next, clone the Iguana repository from GitHub by running the command:

git clone https://github.com/iguana-project/iguana.git

Step 3: Build Iguana

Navigate to the cloned Iguana repository and build Iguana using the following commands:

cd iguana
./autogen.sh
./configure
make

This will compile the Iguana binaries and create the iguana executable.

Step 4: Add Iguana to your Path

To run Iguana from any directory in terminal, add it to your shell path by running:

echo "export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/iguana" >> ~/.bash_profile

Replace /path/to/iguana with the absolute path to the iguana executable, which can be found in the iguana/src/ directory of the cloned repository.

Step 5: Run Iguana

Finally, to start Iguana, run the command:

iguana

This should start the Iguana daemon and display the Iguana logo.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Iguana on your macOS system. You should now be able to use Iguana to create a secure and scalable blockchain ecosystem for your applications.

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