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1# OpenBSD Build Guide
2
3Bitcoin Core is supported on [the two most recent OpenBSD releases](https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Flavors).
4
5This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on the latest release.
6
7## Preparation
8
9### 1. Install Required Dependencies
10Run the following as root to install the base dependencies for building.
11
12```bash
13pkg_add git cmake boost
14```
15
16SQLite is required for the wallet:
17
18```bash
19pkg_add sqlite3
20```
21
22To build Bitcoin Core without the wallet, use `-DENABLE_WALLET=OFF`.
23
24Cap'n Proto is needed for IPC functionality (see [multiprocess.md](multiprocess.md)):
25
26```bash
27pkg_add capnproto
28```
29
30Compile with `-DENABLE_IPC=OFF` if you do not need IPC functionality.
31
32See [dependencies.md](dependencies.md) for a complete overview.
33
34### 2. Clone Bitcoin Repo
35Clone the Bitcoin Core repository to a directory. All build scripts and commands will run from this directory.
36``` bash
37git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
38```
39
40### 3. Install Optional Dependencies
41
42#### GUI Dependencies
43###### Qt6
44
45Bitcoin Core includes a GUI built with the cross-platform Qt Framework. To compile the GUI, we need to install
46the necessary parts of Qt, the libqrencode and pass `-DBUILD_GUI=ON`. Skip if you don't intend to use the GUI.
47
48```bash
49pkg_add qt6-qtbase qt6-qttools
50```
51
52###### libqrencode
53
54The GUI will be able to encode addresses in QR codes unless this feature is explicitly disabled. To install libqrencode, run:
55
56```bash
57pkg_add libqrencode
58```
59
60Otherwise, if you don't need QR encoding support, use the `-DWITH_QRENCODE=OFF` option to disable this feature in order to compile the GUI.
61
62---
63
64#### Notifications
65###### ZeroMQ
66
67Bitcoin Core can provide notifications via ZeroMQ. To compile ZMQ support, install the following dependency and pass `-DWITH_ZMQ=ON` when configuring.
68```bash
69pkg_add zeromq
70```
71
72#### Test Suite Dependencies
73There is an included test suite that is useful for testing code changes when developing.
74To run the test suite (recommended), you will need to have Python 3 installed:
75
76```bash
77pkg_add python py3-zmq  # Select the newest version of the python package if necessary.
78```
79
80## Building Bitcoin Core
81
82### 1. Configuration
83
84There are many ways to configure Bitcoin Core, here are a few common examples:
85
86##### Wallet and GUI:
87This enables wallet support and the GUI, assuming SQLite and Qt 6 are installed.
88
89```bash
90cmake -B build -DBUILD_GUI=ON
91```
92
93Run `cmake -B build -LH` to see the full list of available options.
94
95### 2. Compile
96
97```bash
98cmake --build build     # Append "-j N" for N parallel jobs.
99ctest --test-dir build  # Append "-j N" for N parallel tests.
100```
101
102## Resource limits
103
104If the build runs into out-of-memory errors, the instructions in this section
105might help.
106
107The standard ulimit restrictions in OpenBSD are very strict:
108```bash
109data(kbytes)         1572864
110```
111
112This is, unfortunately, in some cases not enough to compile some `.cpp` files in the project,
113(see issue [#6658](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/6658)).
114If your user is in the `staff` group the limit can be raised with:
115```bash
116ulimit -d 3000000
117```
118The change will only affect the current shell and processes spawned by it. To
119make the change system-wide, change `datasize-cur` and `datasize-max` in
120`/etc/login.conf`, and reboot.
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