MacOS Instructions

Get XCode Command Line Tools

To check if you already have the XCode Command Line Tools installed via the CLI, run:

xcode-select -p

If this command returns a path, you can move on to the next step. Otherwise, to install via the CLI, run:

xcode-select --install

To update, run:

sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
xcode-select --install

We recommend that MacOS users use HomeBrew to install each the necessary packages.

Check if you have HomeBrew:

brew -v

This command returns a version number if you have HomeBrew installed and nothing otherwise.

In your terminal, enter this command to install Homebrew:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Use the command brew install to install the following packages:

brew install go bzr jq pkg-config rustup

git clone https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus.git
cd lotus/

make clean && make all
sudo make install

After installing Lotus, you can run the lotus command directly from your CLI to see usage documentation. Next, you can join the Lotus TestNet.