Compile RaptoreumCore on Ubuntu

This guide walks you through compiling RaptoreumCore from source on Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04.

Prerequisites

You have forked and cloned the repository as described in Forking and Cloning RaptoreumCore
A working internet connection
At least 4 GB of RAM and 10 GB of free disk space recommended

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, make sure your system is up to date:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Then install all required build dependencies:

sudo apt install -y \
  build-essential \
  git \
  autoconf \
  automake \
  libtool \
  pkg-config \
  libssl-dev \
  libevent-dev \
  libboost-all-dev \
  libdb++-dev \
  libminiupnpc-dev \
  libnatpmp-dev \
  libzmq3-dev \
  libgmp-dev \
  libcurl4-openssl-dev \
  libarchive-dev \
  bsdmainutils \
  python3

Step 2: Navigate to Your Repository

cd ~/Raptoreum/raptoreum

Step 3: Generate the Build System

./autogen.sh

This generates the configure script and all required build files from the Makefile.am templates.

Step 4: Configure the Build

Run configure with the following flags to build only the daemon and CLI, without the Qt GUI, tests or benchmarks:

./configure \
  --without-gui \
  --disable-tests \
  --disable-bench \
  --with-incompatible-bdb

What these flags do

Flag	Description
`--without-gui`	Skips the Qt desktop wallet, builds daemon and CLI only
`--disable-tests`	Skips building the test suite
`--disable-bench`	Skips building benchmarks
`--with-incompatible-bdb`	Required on Ubuntu 22.04+ which ships with Berkeley DB 5.3 instead of 4.8

At the end of the configure output you should see:

Options used to compile and link:
  with wallet         = yes
  with gui / qt       = no
  with test           = no

!!! warning If with wallet = no appears, make sure libdb++-dev is installed and --with-incompatible-bdb is passed to configure.

Step 5: Compile

make src/raptoreumd src/raptoreum-cli -j$(nproc)

The -j$(nproc) flag uses all available CPU cores to speed up compilation. Depending on your hardware this may take between 5 and 30 minutes.

Step 6: Verify the Build

ls -la src/raptoreumd src/raptoreum-cli

Check the version:

./src/raptoreumd --version
./src/raptoreum-cli --version

Step 7: Run the Daemon

Default data directory

./src/raptoreumd

Data will be stored in ~/.raptoreum/

Custom data directory

Useful for testing without affecting your existing wallet:

mkdir -p ~/raptoreum-test
./src/raptoreumd -datadir=~/raptoreum-test

Watch the log

tail -f ~/.raptoreum/debug.log

Stop the daemon

./src/raptoreum-cli stop

Full Clean Build

If you want to start completely fresh, for example after pulling in new changes:

make clean && \
./autogen.sh && \
./configure --without-gui --disable-tests --disable-bench --with-incompatible-bdb && \
make src/raptoreumd src/raptoreum-cli -j$(nproc)

Troubleshooting

`-Woverloded-virtual` error

g++: error: unrecognized command-line option '-Woverloded-virtual'

This is a known typo in configure.ac. Fix it with:

sed -i 's/Woverloded-virtual/Woverloaded-virtual/g' configure.ac
./autogen.sh

Missing `uint32_t` in `bip32.h`

sed -i '/#include <vector>/a #include <cstdint>' src/util/bip32.h

Missing `runtime_error` in `lockedpool.cpp`

sed -i '/#include <support\/lockedpool.h>/a #include <stdexcept>' src/support/lockedpool.cpp

`with wallet = no` even when requested

sudo apt install libdb++-dev
./configure --without-gui --disable-tests --disable-bench --with-incompatible-bdb

Useful Commands

Command	Description
`./src/raptoreumd -daemon`	Start daemon in the background
`./src/raptoreum-cli stop`	Stop the running daemon
`./src/raptoreum-cli getblockchaininfo`	Check sync status
`./src/raptoreum-cli getnetworkinfo`	Check network connections
`./src/raptoreum-cli getwalletinfo`	Check wallet status
`tail -f ~/.raptoreum/debug.log`	Watch the log live

Tested on Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04 with GCC 13.