You will need several development libraries:
- libsqlite3: for database support.
- libgmp: for secp256k1
For actually doing development and running the tests, you will also need:
- pip3: to install python-bitcoinlib
- asciidoc: for formatting the man pages (if you change them)
- valgrind: for extra debugging checks
You will also need a version of bitcoind with segregated witness support, such as the 0.13 or above.
Get dependencies:
sudo apt-get install -y autoconf build-essential git libtool libgmp-dev libsqlite3-dev python3 net-tools
If you don't have Bitcoin installed locally you'll need to install that as well:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y bitcoind
For development or running tests, get additional dependencies:
sudo apt-get install -y asciidoc valgrind python3-pip
sudo pip3 install python-bitcoinlib
Clone lightning:
git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git
cd lightning
Build lightning:
make
Running lightning:
bitcoind &
./lightningd/lightningd &
./daemon/lightning-cli help
Note: You may need to include testnet=1 in bitcoin.conf