Building the binary from the source code

Building blockfrost-platform from source code is not the easiest way to install it, but it ensures that the binary you are running comes directly from the project’s source code.

First, we need to install dependencies on your system.

Fedora


dnf install git cargo openssl-devel


# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/blockfrost/blockfrost-platform
 
# Navigate to the project directory
cd blockfrost-platform
 
# To build the latest main version (experimental)
git checkout main
 
# To build a release version (recommended)
git checkout 0.0.2
 
# Build the project
cargo build --release
 
# Run the binary
./target/release/blockfrost-platform  --version
blockfrost-platform 0.0.2 (e06029b9da747fa5daa027605a918fc9fe103b7c)

Building the binary from the source code

Fedora

Ubuntu