Merge pull request #33 from peerplays-network/feature/ubuntu18.04-upg…

…rade

Feature/ubuntu18.04 upgrade

.gitignore

@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ object_database/*
 *.pyo
 .vscode
 .DS_Store
+.idea

.gitmodules

@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 [submodule "libraries/fc"]
     path = libraries/fc
     url = https://github.com/PBSA/peerplays-fc.git
+    branch = feature/ubuntu18.04-upgrade
     ignore = dirty

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ IF( WIN32 )
   set(BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK OFF) # force dynamic linking for all libraries
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 
-FIND_PACKAGE(Boost 1.57 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
+FIND_PACKAGE(Boost 1.67 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
 # For Boost 1.53 on windows, coroutine was not in BOOST_LIBRARYDIR and do not need it to build,  but if boost versin >= 1.54, find coroutine otherwise will cause link errors
 IF(NOT "${Boost_VERSION}" MATCHES "1.53(.*)")
    SET(BOOST_LIBRARIES_TEMP ${Boost_LIBRARIES})

README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,49 @@ Intro for new developers and witnesses
 ------------------------
 
 This is a quick introduction to get new developers and witnesses up to speed on Peerplays blockchain. It is intended for witnesses plannig to join a live, already deployed blockchain.
+# Building on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Installation Instructions
+
+ The following dependencies were necessary for a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
+
+ ```
+ sudo apt-get install gcc-5 g++-5 cmake make libbz2-dev\
+     libdb++-dev libdb-dev libssl-dev openssl libreadline-dev\
+      autoconf libtool git
+```
+## Build Boost 1.67.0
+
+
+```
+mkdir $HOME/src
+cd $HOME/src
+export BOOST_ROOT=$HOME/src/boost_1_67_0
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y autotools-dev build-essential  libbz2-dev libicu-dev python-dev
+wget -c 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.67.0/boost_1_67_0.tar.bz2/download'\
+     -O boost_1_67_0.tar.bz2
+tar xjf boost_1_67_0.tar.bz2
+cd boost_1_67_0/
+./bootstrap.sh "--prefix=$BOOST_ROOT"
+./b2 install
+```
+
+
+## Building Peerplays
+
+```
+export BOOST_ROOT=/root/boost_1_67_0
+export CC=gcc-5 ; export CXX=g++-5
+cd $HOME/src
+git clone https://github.com/peerplays-network/peerplays.git
+mkdir $HOME/peerplays/build; cd $HOME/src/peerplays/build
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+cmake -DBOOST_ROOT="$BOOST_ROOT" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+make -j$(nproc)
+
+ake install # this can install the executable files under /usr/local
+```
+
+ Rest of the instructions on starting the chain remains same.
 
 Starting A Peerplays Node
 -----------------
@@ -10,7 +53,7 @@ For Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and up users, see
 [this](https://github.com/cryptonomex/graphene/wiki/build-ubuntu) and
 then proceed with:
 
-    git clone https://github.com/pbsa/peerplays.git
+    git clone https://github.com/peerplays-network/peerplays.git
     cd peerplays
     git submodule update --init --recursive
     cmake -DBOOST_ROOT="$BOOST_ROOT" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .