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I want to install a command line-only full node bitcoind on a mini PC with 4GB RAM and Ubuntu. What are the steps to do it and how can I check if it works?
(I will post an answer myself, also as a reminder on how to set it up. I will refine the answer.)
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useradd bitcoin and passwd bitcoin` /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin to external HDD with chown -R bitcoin:bitcoin git clone bitcoin core in /home/USER/GitStuff sudo apt install libdb4.8-dev && sudo apt install libdb4.8++-dev /autogen.sh in /home/USER/GitStuff/bitcoin/configure --withoug gui makemake install
10 su bitcoinbitcoind (as user bitcoin)curl -sL https://bitnodes.earn.com/api/v1/nodes/me-8333 | jq0
There is a guide in the docs of the bitcoin source code that goes over how to build bitcoin as well as the dependencies needed. Within that same directory of the source (doc/) there are various other guides and explanations that you may find useful as well.
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Dependencies
To get add-apt-repository, which we will use later to add the bitcoin PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bitcoind
Configuration
Before starting bitcointd you'll want to create directory and the bitcoin.conf configuration file:
cd ~/ mkdir .bitcoin cd .bitcoin vim bitcoin.conf
In bitcoin.conf these content are important :
server=1 testnet=1 rpcuser=UNIQUE_RPC_USERNAME rpcpassword=UNIQUE_RPC_PASSWORD
If you wish to use this installation on the regular bitcoin network, remove testnet=1
Thanks, I actually would have added this and others once I refine my answer. I just wanted to put it out there for a start yesterday. – Ben – 2019-11-26T06:52:04.823