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Building from source
Installing binary package
Binary packages tend not to be up to date (1.8.9 at the time of writing) with the latest version (1.8.16 at the time of writing). It is recommended that you use ports or compile it yourself.
pkg install go-ethereum
The geth command is then available on your system in /usr/local/bin/geth, you can start it e.g. on the testnet by typing:
geth -rinkeby
Using ports
Go to the net-p2p/go-ethereum ports directory:
cd /usr/ports/net-p2p/go-ethereum
Then build it the standard way (as root):
make install
Building Geth (command line client)
Ports are slightly more up to date (1.8.14 at the time of writing)
Clone the repository to a directory of your choosing:
git clone https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
Building geth requires the Go compiler:
pkg install go
If your golang version is >= 1.5, build the geth program using the following command.
cd go-ethereum
make geth
If your golang version is < 1.5 (quarterly packages, for example), use the following command instead.
cd go-ethereum
CC=clang make geth
You can now run build/bin/geth to start your node.