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NetBSD Build Guide

Updated for NetBSD 9.2.

This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on NetBSD.

Preparation

1. Install Required Dependencies

Install the required dependencies the usual way you install software on NetBSD. The example commands below use pkgin.

pkgin install autoconf automake libtool pkg-config git gmake boost libevent

NetBSD currently ships with an older version of gcc than is needed to build. You should upgrade your gcc and then pass this new version to the configure script.

For example, grab gcc9:

pkgin install gcc9

Then, when configuring, pass the following:

./configure
    ...
    CC="/usr/pkg/gcc9/bin/gcc" \
    CXX="/usr/pkg/gcc9/bin/g++" \
    ...

See dependencies.md for a complete overview.

2. Clone Bitcoin Repo

Clone the Bitcoin Core repository to a directory. All build scripts and commands will run from this directory.

git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git

3. Install Optional Dependencies

Wallet Dependencies

It is not necessary to build wallet functionality to run bitcoind or the GUI.

Descriptor Wallet Support

sqlite3 is required to enable support for descriptor wallets.

pkgin install sqlite3

Legacy Wallet Support

db4 is required to enable support for legacy wallets.

pkgin install db4

GUI Dependencies

Bitcoin Core includes a GUI built with the cross-platform Qt Framework. To compile the GUI, we need to install qt5.

pkgin install qt5

The GUI can encode addresses in a QR Code. To build in QR support for the GUI, install qrencode.

pkgin install qrencode

Test Suite Dependencies

There is an included test suite that is useful for testing code changes when developing. To run the test suite (recommended), you will need to have Python 3 installed:

pkgin install python37

Building Bitcoin Core

Note: Use gmake (the non-GNU make will exit with an error).

1. Configuration

There are many ways to configure Bitcoin Core. Here is an example that explicitly disables the wallet and GUI:

./autogen.sh
./configure --without-wallet --with-gui=no \
    CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/pkg/include" \
    MAKE=gmake

For a full list of configuration options, see the output of ./configure --help

2. Compile

Build and run the tests:

gmake # use "-j N" here for N parallel jobs
gmake check # Run tests if Python 3 is available

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