Should I compile Near Core and Nearup to participate in stakewars?

Question

I can not compile Near Core and Nearup. Can I use other installations like docker or nearup Ubuntu?

Answer 1

Short answer: Yes, you can use precompiled binary or docker through nearup.

Take a look at the nearup documentation to see how to run a near node using different setups.

• Run with Docker: nearup betanet

• Run without docker: nearup betanet --nodocker. This will download and use a precompiled binary for your platform if it exists.

• Run from source code:

Download source code from github repository and checkout to beta branch (this is the one used in stakewars, and it doesn't need to be compatible with master branch).

Compile source code using make release from the nearcore folder. I see you fail at this point, probably because you were missing to install some dependencies. In Ubuntu install them with:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y git binutils-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev zlib1g-dev libdw-dev libiberty-dev cmake gcc g++ python docker.io protobuf-compiler

To run this binary use:

nearup betanet --nodocker --binary-path nearcore/target/release