Overview
Synopsis
Setup your development environment with the essentials to get started building the blockchain.
System Requirements
Before you can install and interact with spawn, you must have the following core tools installed:
If you do not have these components installed, follow the instructions below to install them.
Windows
# Install WSL in powershell
wsl --install
Restart-Computer
# Setup WSL Ubuntu Image
wsl.exe --install Ubuntu-24.04
# Open wsl instance
wsl
# update and add snap if not already installed
sudo apt update && sudo apt install snapd
# Install Go (Snap)
sudo snap info go
sudo snap install go --channel=1.23/stable --classic
# Install Base
sudo apt install make gcc git jq wget
# Install github-cli
sudo snap install gh
# Install docker
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/wsl/#turn-on-docker-desktop-wsl-2
# or snap:
sudo snap install docker
# Fix versioning for interaction of commands
sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock
# Setup base git config
git config --global user.email "yourEmail@gmail.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
MacOS
# Base
brew install make
brew install gcc
brew install wget
brew install jq
# Github CLI - https://github.com/cli/cli
brew install gh
gh auth login
# Golang
brew install go
# Docker
brew install --cask docker
open -a Docker # start docker desktop
# settings -> General -> Start Docker Desktop when you sign in to your computer
# Apply & Restart
# Setup base git config
git config --global user.email "yourEmail@gmail.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
Linux (Ubuntu)
# Base
sudo apt install make gcc git jq wget
# (optional) Github CLI - https://github.com/cli/cli
curl -sS https://webi.sh/gh | sh
gh auth login
# Golang
GO_VERSION=1.23.0
wget https://go.dev/dl/go$GO_VERSION.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go && sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$GO_VERSION.linux-amd64.tar.gz
# Docker
sudo apt -y install docker.io
# Setup base git config
git config --global user.email "yourEmail@gmail.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"