Install Go and set environment variables GOPATH , GOBIN, and PATH. The current code base should compile with Go 1.12.1 on a Linux like system (i.e. Ubuntu, Mac OS X). Below are the steps to install Go 1.12.1 and setup the environments on Ubuntu.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install gcc
sudo apt-get install make
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install -y bzr
sudo apt-get install jq
sudo wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.12.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.12.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export THETA_HOME=$GOPATH/src/github.com/thetatoken/theta' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
Next, clone the release branch of the Theta Ledger repo https://github.com/thetatoken/theta-protocol-ledger into your $GOPATH with the following command. The path should look like this: $GOPATH/src/github.com/thetatoken/theta
git clone --branch release https://github.com/thetatoken/theta-protocol-ledger.git $GOPATH/src/github.com/thetatoken/theta
This should build the binaries and copy them into your $GOPATH/bin. Two binaries theta and thetacli are generated. theta can be regarded as the launcher of the Theta Ledger node, and thetacli is a wallet with command line tools to interact with the ledger.
export GO111MODULE=on
cd $THETA_HOME
make install
Run unit tests with the command below
make test_unit
Open a terminal to launch the private net. For the first time, follow the setup steps below.
cd $THETA_HOME
cp -r ./integration/privatenet ../privatenet
mkdir ~/.thetacli
cp -r ./integration/privatenet/thetacli/* ~/.thetacli/
chmod 700 ~/.thetacli/keys/encrypted
And then, use the following commands to launch a private net with a single validator node.
theta start --config=../privatenet/node
When the prompt asks for password, simply enter qwertyuiop
NEXT: The Theta command line tools