Update Linux build instructions#662
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| This command will create a static release build with all supported CPU extensions (if supported by the system). Building libbitcoin with unsupported CPU extensions might work but will lead to crashes at runtime. | ||
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| ```bash | ||
| $ CFLAGS="-O3" CXXFLAGS="-O3" ./install.sh --prefix=/home/user/libbitcoin/build/release_static/ --build-dir=/home/user/libbitcoin/build/temp --build-secp256k1 --build-boost --disable-shared --enable-ndebug --enable-shani --enable-avx2 --enable-sse41 --enable-isystem |
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These flags are performance critical.
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| Usage: bs [-abdfhiklnrsv] [--config value] [--test value] [--write value] | ||
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| Info: Runs a full bitcoin server. | ||
| Info: Runs a full bitcoin node server. |
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Maybe: Runs a full node bitcoin server.
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| #### Build | ||
| Create a new directory (e.g. `/home/user/libbitcoin`), then use git to fetch the latest repository from GitHub by issuing the following command from within this directory: | ||
| Create a new project directory (e.g. `/home/user/libbitcoin-server`), then use wget to fetch the latest `install.sh` from GitHub by issuing the following command from within this directory: |
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There's no need for this directory, the file may be placed anywhere, such as the desktop. Keep it simple.
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| ```bash | ||
| $ ./install.sh --prefix=/home/user/libbitcoin/build/release_static/ --build-secp256k1 --build-boost --disable-shared | ||
| $ ./install.sh --prefix=/home/user/libbitcoin/install/release_static/ --build-dir=/home/user/libbitcoin/build --build-secp256k1 --build-boost --disable-shared |
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Let's drop the release_static/ subdirectory. yes there would be conflicts when performing another configuration build, but these instructions don' t include any other and that's not a common install scenario.
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Update Linux build instructions.