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pocketd Installation

TL;DR If you have brew
brew tap pokt-network/pocket
brew install pocketd

Table of Contents ​

MacOS Users​

Ensure you have Homebrew installed.

Then run the following commands:

brew tap pokt-network/pocket
brew install pocketd

And verify it worked by running:

pocketd version
pocketd --help

Troubleshooting Homebrew

Read this section if you're having problems downloading or upgrading your pocketd binary using Homebrew.

The source code for the Homebrew formula is available in the homebrew-pocket repository.

If you encounter any issues, like being unable to install the latest version, you can try the following:

brew update
brew upgrade pocketd

Or as a last resort, you can try the following:

brew tap --repair
brew untap pokt-network/pocket
brew uninstall pocketd
brew tap pokt-network/pocket
brew install pocketd

Using release binaries (if you don't have brew)​

tl;dr manual download
  1. Grab a binary from the latest release
  2. Download the appropriate pocket_${OS}_${ARCH}.tar.gz for your environment
  3. Untar the downloaded file to retrieve the pocketd binary
  4. Extract the binary to /usr/local/bin

Pre-built binaries are available on our releases page.

You can view the latest release directly by clicking here.

The following snippet downloads/upgrades the binary to the latest released version:

# Download the correct binary based on the OS and architecture
curl -LO "https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll/releases/latest/download/pocket_$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz"

# Extract the downloaded tarball to /usr/local/bin
sudo tar -zxf "pocket_$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz" -C /usr/local/bin

# Make the binary executable
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pocketd

# Check version
pocketd version

From Source (danger zone)​

Do not continue unless you're a 🚀👨‍💻💎

This method is only recommended for ADVANCED users as it requires working with developer tools.

Installing dependencies ​

Ensure you have the following installed:

Installing pocketd ​

Then, Retrieve the source code and build the pocketd locally like so:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll.git pocket
cd pocket

# Optional: Switch to a specific version (recommended)
# Replace v0.0.12 with your desired version from https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll/releases
git checkout v0.0.12

# Build the binary
make go_develop
make ignite_pocketd_build

And verify it worked by running:

pocketd version
pocketd --help

Windows Users (why!?)​

danger

Currently, we do not support native Windows installation. Windows users are encouraged to use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and follow the Linux installation instructions.