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Install the `provenanced` executable for both client and server operations. |
Provenance Blockchain is wrapped into a single executable named provenanced. All interaction (whether creating a node, querying, or invoking actions) with Provenance Blockchain can be accomplished using the provenanced command. This document explains the basic installation of the command and verification that it has been installed correctly.
- Linux or Mac OS
- Go 1.15+ (https://golang.org/doc/install)
- LevelDB 1.23 (https://github.com/google/leveldb)
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On MacOS, LevelDB can be installed with brew install leveldb.
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All interaction (whether creating a node, querying, or invoking actions) with Provenance Blockchain can be accomplished using the provenanced command.
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See the Provenance Blockchain testnet repository for the latest "Software Version" information of pio-testnet-1
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Installing provenanced is done directly from the source code by cloning the version indicated for pio-testnet-1 from the Provenance Blockchain Github repo, then make install:
git clone -b <version> https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance
cd provenance && make install
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<version> is prefixed with 'v' when cloning version branches (eg. v0.2.0)
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New go executables are installed at "$GOPATH/bin" where the environment variable GOPATH defaults to "/go" when not set. Remember to add either "$GOPATH/bin" or "/go/bin" to your PATH when GOPATH is either set or not.
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Check the version number to verify that the command has been successfully installed.
provenanced version --longname: Provenance Blockchain
server_name: provenanced
version: 0.2.0
commit: 75fef3a701af3787a56d4c8c6b40f67b95b79eb6