Indie-Core Build Instructions for macOS

1. Install XCode and its command line tools by following the instructions here: https://guide.macports.org/#installing.xcode. In OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and newer, you will be prompted to install developer tools when running a developer command in the terminal. This step may not be needed.

2. Install Homebrew by following the instructions here: http://brew.sh/

3. Initialize Homebrew:

   brew doctor
   brew update
   

4. Install dependencies:

   brew install cmake git autoconf automake libtool
   

   Note: As mentioned elsewhere, Indie-Core depends on the third-party libraries "Boost" and "OpenSSL". These libraries need to be in certain version ranges. At the moment, Boost needs to be between 1.58 and 1.74. OpenSSL needs to be in the 1.0.x or 1.1.x range.

   • Boost: Install boost library of a supported version:

     brew install [email protected]
     

     If you would like to experiment or test newer boost libraries, you can try:

     brew install boost
     

   • OpenSSL: As of writing, the latest OpenSSL in brew is OpenSSL v3, unfortunately it is not supported by us. You may install an older version of OpenSSL with brew:

     brew install [email protected]
     

     If necessary, link it as the default openssl library:

     brew link --force --overwrite [email protected]
     

5. Optional. To support importing Bitcoin wallet files:

   brew install berkeley-db
   

6. Optional. To use TCMalloc in LevelDB:

   brew install google-perftools
   

7. Clone the Indie-Core repository:

   git clone https://github.com/indieprotocol/indie-core.git
   cd indie-core
   

8. Build Indie-Core:

   git submodule update --init --recursive
   mkdir build && cd build
   cmake ..
   make
   

   Note: To compile with non-default versions of Boost and/or OpenSSL, we need to tell cmake where these libraries are. Instead of the "cmake ." mentioned above, we use (for example):

   cmake -DBOOST_ROOT=/usr/local/opt/[email protected] -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/[email protected] ..
   

   and then proceed with the normal

   make