Build from Source

If you would like to build Zen Protocol from source you can clone https://github.com/zenprotocol/zenprotocol and build it independently

Linux

  1. Install mono-devel from http://www.mono-project.com/download. If you choose to install via a package manager, add Mono’s own repository first.
  2. Install lmdb. The package name is liblmdb0 on Ubuntu and lmdb on Fedora.
  3. Run the following:
./paket restore
chmod +x packages/zen_z3_linux/output/z3
pushd src/Zulib
./build.fsx
popd
msbuild src

OSX

  1. Install Mono as in step 1 of the instructions for Linux.
  2. Install lmdb. You can get it via brew with brew install lmdb.
  3. Run the following:
./paket restore
chmod +x packages/zen_z3_osx/output/z3
pushd src/Zulib
./build.fsx
popd
msbuild src

Windows

Windows is not yet supported

Run

Linux and OSX

cd src/Node/bin/Debug
./zen-node

Windows

cd src\Node\bin\Debug
zen-node.exe

CLI

You can communicate with the node with zen-cli. Enter the bin directory of the node (src/Node/bin/Debug) and run: Linux and OSX

./zen-cli --help