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

Ubuntu Instructions

These steps will install the following dependencies:

• go (1.14 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)

Install dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mesa-opencl-icd ocl-icd-opencl-dev gcc git bzr jq pkg-config curl
sudo apt upgrade

Install Go 1.14

Install the latest version of Go by following the docs on their website.

Clone the Lotus repository

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

Build the Lotus binaries from source and install

! If you are running an AMD platform or if your CPU supports SHA extensions you will want to build the Filecoin proofs natively

make clean && make all
sudo make install

Native Filecoin FFI building

env env RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=native -g" FFI_BUILD_FROM_SOURCE=1 make clean deps 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.