lotus/documentation/en/install-lotus-ubuntu.md

Ubuntu Instructions

These steps will install the following dependencies:

• go (1.13 or higher)
• gcc (7.4.0 or higher)
• git (version 2 or higher)
• bzr (some go dependency needs this)
• jq
• pkg-config
• opencl-icd-loader
• opencl driver (like nvidia-opencl on arch) (for GPU acceleration)
• opencl-headers (build)
• rustup (proofs build)
• llvm (proofs build)
• clang (proofs build)

Run

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mesa-opencl-icd ocl-icd-opencl-dev

Build

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:longsleep/golang-backports
sudo apt update
sudo apt install golang-go gcc git bzr jq pkg-config mesa-opencl-icd ocl-icd-opencl-dev

Clone

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

Install

make clean 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 DevNet.