ICON Service manage state of ICON node including ICX, SCOREs using LevelDB.
Before processing transactions, ICON Service check for syntax errors, balances, etc.
This chapter will explain how to install icon service engine on your system.
ICON SCORE development and execution requires following environments.
- OS: MacOS, Linux
- Windows are not supported yet.
- Python
- Make a virtualenv for Python 3.6.5+ (3.7 is also supported)
- check your python version
$ python3 -V
- IDE: Pycharm is recommended.
Libraries
| name | description | github |
|---|---|---|
| LevelDB | ICON SCORE uses levelDB to store its states. | LevelDB GitHub |
| libsecp256k | ICON SCORE uses secp256k to sign and validate a digital signature. | secp256k GitHub |
#install levelDB
$ brew install leveldb
# Create a working directory
$ mkdir work
$ cd work
# setup the python virtualenv development environment
$ virtualenv -p python3 venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
# Install the ICON SCORE dev tools
(venv) $ pip install iconservice# Install levelDB
$ sudo apt-get install libleveldb1 libleveldb-dev
# Install libSecp256k
$ sudo apt-get install libsecp256k1-dev
# Create a working directory
$ mkdir work
$ cd work
# Setup the python virtualenv development environment
$ virtualenv -p python3 venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
# Install the ICON SCORE dev tools
(venv) $ pip install iconserviceFirst, clone this project. Then go to the project folder and create a user environment and build using wheel
$ virtualenv -p python3 venv # Create a virtual environment.
$ source venv/bin/activate # Enter the virtual environment.
(venv)$ pip install wheel
(venv)$ python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
iconservice-x.x.x-py3-none-any.whlThis project follows the Apache 2.0 License. Please refer to LICENSE for details.