Run Solidity Locally Linux/Ubuntu

solidity_build_docs.md

This also works on WSL2 for windows

https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/latest/installing-solidity.html#building-from-source https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/blob/develop/scripts/install_deps.sh

sudo apt-get update

• install the metamask chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/metamask/nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn?hl=en
• install cmake: sudo apt-get install cmake
• install boost: sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
• install z3: sudo apt-get install z3
• install cvc4: sudo apt-get install cvc4
• install gcc: sudo apt-get install build-essential
• install clang: sudo apt-get install clang
• install vscode: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-visual-studio-code-on-ubuntu-18-04/
• download source code: git clone --recursive https://github.com/ethereum/solidity.git
  • this might timeout, so you might need to download the zip from the github UI
  • https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/archive/refs/heads/develop.zip
  • cp ~/Downloads/solidity-develop.zip .
  • sudo apt-get install unzip
  • unzip solidity-develop.zip
• build solidity
  • cd solidity-develop
  • mkdir build
  • cd build
  • cmake .. && make
    • if you get an error like: CMake 3.13.0 or higher is required. You are running version 3.10.2
      • sudo apt remove --purge cmake
      • hash -r
      • sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
      • wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.16.5/cmake-3.16.5.tar.gz
        • or download with chrome if you get a timeout
        • cp ~/Downloads/cmake-3.16.5.tar.gz .
      • tar -xvzf cmake-3.16.5.tar.gz
      • cd cmake-3.16.5
      • ./bootstrap
      • make
      • sudo make install
  • cd ..

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "~/solidity-develop/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "~/solidity-develop/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".