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| author | luigi1111 <luigi1111w@gmail.com> | 2018-06-20 14:46:04 -0500 |
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| committer | luigi1111 <luigi1111w@gmail.com> | 2018-06-20 14:46:04 -0500 |
| commit | 0a24673fef0364bf072ccae8a6736d7bb36f6960 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f785a5d4ac8e44a27bd90332793cbf10691d33e | |
| parent | Merge pull request #3932 (diff) | |
| parent | readme - explain building master vs. release (diff) | |
| download | monero-0a24673fef0364bf072ccae8a6736d7bb36f6960.tar.xz | |
Merge pull request #3933
2861289 readme - explain building master vs. release (Gingeropolous)
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Portions Copyright (c) 2012-2013 The Cryptonote developers. ## Build +### IMPORTANT + +These builds are of the master branch, which is used for active development and can be either unstable or incompatible with release software. Please compile release branches. + | Operating System | Processor | Status | | --------------------- | -------- |--------| | Ubuntu 16.04 | i686 | [](https://build.getmonero.org/builders/monero-static-ubuntu-i686) @@ -167,9 +171,10 @@ invokes cmake commands as needed. #### On Linux and OS X * Install the dependencies -* Change to the root of the source code directory and build: +* Change to the root of the source code directory, change to the most recent release branch, and build: cd monero + git checkout v0.12.2.0 make *Optional*: If your machine has several cores and enough memory, enable @@ -179,6 +184,12 @@ invokes cmake commands as needed. *Note*: If cmake can not find zmq.hpp file on OS X, installing `zmq.hpp` from https://github.com/zeromq/cppzmq to `/usr/local/include` should fix that error. + + *Note*: The instructions above will compile the most stable release of the + Monero software. If you would like to use and test the most recent software, + use ```git checkout master```. The master branch may contain updates that are + both unstable and incompatible with release software, though testing is always + encouraged. * The resulting executables can be found in `build/release/bin` @@ -225,7 +236,7 @@ Tested on a Raspberry Pi Zero with a clean install of minimal Raspbian Stretch ( ``` git clone https://github.com/monero-project/monero.git cd monero - git checkout tags/v0.11.1.0 + git checkout tags/v0.12.2.0 ``` * Build: ``` |