The twister P2P Book

Fedora / Debian / Ubuntu

System dependencies

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt install git autoconf automake build-essential libtool\
                 libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libdb++-dev libminiupnpc-dev

Fedora

sudo dnf install git autoconf automake libtool make\
                 boost-devel openssl-devel libdb-cxx-devel miniupnpc-devel

Build steps

1. Build twister-core
   • sudo useradd -m twister - create new user with home directory (set password with sudo passwd twister)
   • su twister - login and navigate (with cd) into the home dir /home/twister to continue
   • git clone https://github.com/twisterarmy/twister-core.git
   • cd twister-core
   • ./autotool.sh
   • ./configure
     • ARM only: ./configure --with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-sse2
   • make
2. Setup twister-html (web UI)
   • mkdir ~/.twister
   • echo -e "rpcuser=user\nrpcpassword=pwd\nrpcallowip=127.0.0.1" > ~/.twister/twister.conf
   • chmod 600 ~/.twister/twister.conf
   • git clone https://github.com/twisterarmy/twister-html.git ~/.twister/html
3. Launch twister
   • ./twisterd
   • open http://127.0.0.1:28332
     • enter user and pwd in the authorization dialog
   • create your account!

Upgrade from repository

Steps to upgrade your existing twister-core and twister-html from the repository sources:

1. stop running twisterd process to continue (if active, run pgrep twisterd to find)
   • sudo systemctl stop twister-service-name - if you're using systemd service
2. cd twister-core - navigate twister-core sources directory (which contains old twisterd binary)
3. git pull - grab latest updates
4. make - build new version
5. cd ~/.twister/html - navigate twister-html installation directory
6. git pull - grab latest twister-html changes
7. start twister-core process
   • sudo systemctl start twister-service-name - if you're using systemd service