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On NetBSD, `pkgconf` is necessary to find `capnproto`. For example, see https://github.com/bitcoin-core/libmultiprocess/pull/325.
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NetBSD Build Guide
Bitcoin Core is supported on all supported NetBSD releases.
This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on the latest release.
Preparation
1. Install Required Dependencies
Install the required dependencies the usual way you install software on NetBSD.
The example commands below use pkgin.
pkgin install git cmake boost
SQLite is required for the wallet:
pkgin install sqlite3
To build Bitcoin Core without the wallet, use -DENABLE_WALLET=OFF.
Cap'n Proto is needed for IPC functionality (see multiprocess.md):
pkgin install capnproto pkgconf
Compile with -DENABLE_IPC=OFF if you do not need IPC functionality.
See dependencies.md for a complete overview.
2. Clone Bitcoin Repo
Clone the Bitcoin Core repository to a directory. All build scripts and commands will run from this directory.
git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
3. Install Optional Dependencies
GUI Dependencies
Qt6
Bitcoin Core includes a GUI built with the cross-platform Qt Framework. To compile the GUI, we need to install
the necessary parts of Qt, the libqrencode and pass -DBUILD_GUI=ON. Skip if you don't intend to use the GUI.
pkgin install qt6-qtbase qt6-qttools
libqrencode
The GUI will be able to encode addresses in QR codes unless this feature is explicitly disabled. To install libqrencode, run:
pkgin install qrencode
Otherwise, if you don't need QR encoding support, use the -DWITH_QRENCODE=OFF option to disable this feature in order to compile the GUI.
Notifications
ZeroMQ
Bitcoin Core can provide notifications via ZeroMQ. To compile ZMQ support, install the following dependency and pass -DWITH_ZMQ=ON when configuring.
pkgin install zeromq pkgconf
Test Suite Dependencies
There is an included test suite that is useful for testing code changes when developing. To run the test suite (recommended), you will need to have Python 3 installed:
pkgin install python313 py313-zmq lsof
When the lsof binary package was built for a different point release, it might be necessary to force its installation as follows:
echo "CHECK_OSABI=no" >> /etc/pkg_install.conf
pkgin install lsof
Building Bitcoin Core
1. Configuration
There are many ways to configure Bitcoin Core. Here is an example that explicitly disables the wallet and GUI:
cmake -B build -DENABLE_WALLET=OFF -DBUILD_GUI=OFF
Run cmake -B build -LH to see the full list of available options.
2. Compile
Build and run the tests:
cmake --build build # Append "-j N" for N parallel jobs.
ctest --test-dir build # Append "-j N" for N parallel tests.