Cryptonote is an open-source blockchain technology that provides a privacy-preserving method for conducting transactions. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Cryptonote on the latest version of NixOS.
Before starting with the installation, ensure that you have the following:
Follow the below steps to install Cryptonote on NixOS:
Open your terminal and run the following command to install the required dependencies:
$ nix-shell -p boost cmake git openssl libsodium pkgconfig
Use the git clone command to clone the Cryptonote repository from the official website:
$ git clone https://github.com/cryptonotefoundation/cryptonote
Navigate to the cryptonote directory and set the environment variables using the following command:
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib
This command sets the library path for Cryptonote.
Build Cryptonote using the following command:
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make release-static-all
This command will create an executable file for Cryptonote.
To run Cryptonote, navigate to the bin directory and use the following command:
$ ./simplewallet
This command will open the Cryptonote wallet.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Cryptonote on the latest version of NixOS. Now you can start using Cryptonote and conduct private transactions on the blockchain.
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