Title: [BitcoinTalk Node Tutorial #2] Installing Electrs from source Post by: apogio on December 10, 2023, 06:14:05 PM Links to other tutorials from the series:
[BitcoinTalk Node Tutorial #1] Running Bitcoin Core on Raspbian Lite (GUI-less) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5476754.0 [BitcoinTalk Node Tutorial #3] Sparrow terminal / infinite Whirlpool mixes https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5470024.0 [BitcoinTalk Node Tutorial #4] Connecting BISQ to our node https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5478756.0 [BitcoinTalk Node Tutorial #5] Hosting a Monero node on the same machine https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480371.0 Size required on disk: Code: $ sudo du -sh /media/apogio/BTC/electrs Installing Electrs from source We have to download the sources from github: https://github.com/romanz/electrs In order to do this, we need some packages, which we will install using the following command: Code: sudo apt install cargo clang cmake git curl Then, we will download the sources for Electrs in our home directory: Code: cd ~ We need to run the following command to install electrs: Code: cargo build --locked --release This will take a while... Now that the installation is finished, I want to run the electrs executable which is located in the path: ~/electrs/target/release/electrs. However, I want to be able to run it from everywhere, so I will move it where the bitcoin core binaries are: Code: mv ~/electrs/target/release/electrs /usr/local/bin Now we must create a directory in our external SSD, alongside our bitcoincore directory. Code: mkdir /media/apogio/BTC/electrs We will create a configuration file (electrs.conf) inside this directory. Code: cd /media/apogio/BTC/electrs At this point, we need to specify some details in our configuration file. Code: network="bitcoin" Notice that I have set log_filters level to INFO and not DEBUG but if I need more information I will change it. Now it is time to run electrs using the following command: Code: electrs --conf /media/apogio/BTC/electrs/electrs.conf After it is finished, the electrum server will be running on port 50001. |