A core library of BTCTools

libbtctools is a library of BTCTools, it provides the basic ability of scanning, configuration and rebooting some miners.

It can build on Windows, Linux and macOS, as dynamic or static library.

Dependency

There are 4 dependencies:

• Boost 1.59 or later (1.65 or later is validated and recommended)
• OpenSSL (both 1.0 or 1.1 are OK)
• Lua-5.1 or LuaJIT-2.0 (LuaJIT is recommended but incompatibly with macOS)
• Crypto++ (5.6.5 or later) And libpthread is required on Linux and macOS.

Build on Linux

Example on Ubuntu 18.04 x64:

# build tools
apt-get install -y build-essential autotools-dev libtool autoconf automake pkg-config cmake gcc g++

# install boost via apt
apt install libboost-all-dev

# or build boost 1.65 if you want (optional)
wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.65.1/source/boost_1_65_1.tar.gz
tar zxf boost_1_65_1.tar.gz
cd boost_1_65_1
./bootstrap.sh
./b2
./b2 install

# install other dependencies
apt update
apt install libssl-dev libluajit-5.1-dev libcrypto++-dev

# clone and build
git clone https://github.com/btccom/libbtctools.git
cd libbtctools
mkdir build
cd build

# build as static library
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/btctools -DBTCTOOLS__LIB_TYPE=STATIC ..
make
make install

# or build as dynamic library
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/btctools -DBTCTOOLS__LIB_TYPE=SHARED ..
make
make install

# running demos
cd /opt/btctools/bin/btctools
./ipGeneratorDemo
./scanMinerDemo
./configMinerDemo
./rebootMinerDemo

Build on macOS

It seems like build on Linux. Search and install dependencies with brew first.

Tips: install lua-5.1 instead of luajit-2.0. The demo will segmentation fault with luajit-2.0 and I don't know the reason.

The command will be:

brew install cmake boost openssl [email protected] cryptopp

# static library
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/btctools -DBTCTOOLS__LIB_TYPE=STATIC -DBTCTOOLS__LUA_TYPE=NORMAL ..

# or dynamic library
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/btctools -DBTCTOOLS__LIB_TYPE=SHARED -DBTCTOOLS__LUA_TYPE=NORMAL ..

# build & install
make
make install

Build on Windows

Install Visual Studio

Please install the C/C++ Development Kit with Visual Studio.

See https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/ for more details.

Install CMake

See https://cmake.org/download/ for more details.

Install vcpkg

See https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/ for more details.

Quick Steps:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
cd vcpkg
.\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
.\vcpkg integrate install

Example output for .\vcpkg integrate install:

PS G:\work\vcpkg> .\vcpkg integrate install Applied user-wide integration for this vcpkg root.

All MSBuild C++ projects can now #include any installed libraries. Linking will be handled automatically. Installing new libraries will make them instantly available.

CMake projects should use: "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=G:/work/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"

install packages via vcpkg

32bit

.\vcpkg install boost:x86-windows-static openssl:x86-windows-static cryptopp:x86-windows-static luajit:x86-windows-static

64bit

.\vcpkg install boost:x64-windows-static openssl:x64-windows-static cryptopp:x64-windows-static luajit:x64-windows-static

cmake & build

32bit

md build.32
cd build.32
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -A win32 -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=G:/work/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x86-windows-static -DBTCTOOLS__STATIC_LINKING_VC_LIB=ON -DBTCTOOLS__LIB_TYPE=STATIC -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=G:\work\lib32\btctools ..
start libbtctools.sln

64bit

md build.64
cd build.64
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -A x64 -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=G:/work/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows-static -DBTCTOOLS__STATIC_LINKING_VC_LIB=ON -DBTCTOOLS__LIB_TYPE=STATIC -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=G:\work\lib64\btctools ..
start libbtctools.sln

Replace G:/work/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake to your vcpkg.cmake path.

Replace G:\work\lib[32|64]\btctools to the install path what you want.

Select Release instead of the default Debug in the build type drop-down box, then build the INSTALL project to install.