Need to compile Master Branch of NavCoin-Core?

Need to compile NavCoin-Core but don't know exactly how?

All you need are the following:

• A Linux box
• A tutorial to teach you ( This is that tutorial, LMFAO )

NOTE: For the sake of simplicity, my example will be using an Ubuntu 18.04 Linux Box

Step 1

Install things we need, mainly Git and build-essential.

sudo apt install git build-essential

We need Git to clone the source and build-essential alias package on Ubuntu to install our build toolchain.

Step 2

Clone the code from NavCoin-Core github repository.

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/navcoin/navcoin-core.git

# Move your working directory to the cloned dir
cd navcoin-core

# Checkout the branch/tag/commit you wanna build
git checkout master

OR you can update the code if you already have it cloned.

# Move your working directory to an existing clone
cd navcoin-core

# Checkout the branch/tag/commit you wanna build
git checkout master

# Just pull the code changes
git pull

Step 3

Compile required dependencies.

cd ./depends
make

Step 4

Create and run the ./configure script.

# Assuming your working directory is still in `./depends` from last commands
cd ..

# Create the `./configure` script
./autogen.sh

# Run the `./configure` script and use the dependencies from Step 3
./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/`uname -m`-pc-linux-gnu

Step 5

Compile NavCoin-Core itself.

make

Conclusion

Once you have followed this tutorial, you should have a binary in ./src/qt/navcoin-qt that is the NavCoin-Core QT wallet/client.

You should also have a binary in ./src/navcoind which is the NavCoin-Core daemon wallet/client.

Things to keep in mind

• You should use ./depends DIR dependencies to have closest experience to the releases from the offical tagged versions
• You should use ./depends DIR dependencies if you are not sure what system packages you need
• You can use system dependencies if you want to have less compiling, you can skip Step 3 if you have required dependencies install system wide
• You can run make commands with -j<number of cpu threads> ( if you have an eight thread cpu, i7-4790k, you can run make -j8 to speed up the compile time )

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Editor's Note (2026): This post is from 2019 and describes the process for compiling the master branch of NavCoin-Core at that time. Build processes and dependencies for cryptocurrency software change frequently. This information is preserved for historical context and is likely outdated. Please refer to the official NavCoin documentation for current instructions.