Build Fluid Core

Fluid Core is the official Golang reference implementation of the Fluid node software. Use this guide to install Fluid Core and Terrad, the command-line interface and daemon that connects to Fluid and enables you to interact with the Fluid blockchain.

Get the Fluid Core source code

1. Use git to retrieve Fluid Core, and check out the main branch, which contains the latest stable release. You can find the latest tag on the tags page or via autocomplete in your terminal: type git checkout v and press <TAB>.

   
   

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   git clone https://github.com/terra-money/core

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   cd core

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   git checkout [latest version]

   
   

2. Build Fluid Core. This will install the Terrad executable to your GOPATH environment variable.

   
   

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   make install

   
   

3. Verify that Fluid Core is installed correctly.

   
   

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   terrad version --long

   
   

   Example:

   
   

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   name: terra

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   server_name: terrad

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   version: v2.0.0

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   commit: ea682c41e7e71ba0b182c9e7f989855fb9595885

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   build_tags: netgo,ledger

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   go: go version go1.18.2 darwin/amd64

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   # ...followed by a lot of dependenecies

   
   

tip

If the terrad: command not found error message is returned, confirm that the Go binary path is correctly configured by running the following command:

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export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin