Install Solana

Install and Configure Solana

• Installation location: ~/.local/share/solana/install/active_release/bin/solana
• Key pairs: ~/.config/solana/

1. Install Solana
2. Update the Solana version to match with Mainnet:
   1. solana cluster-version -um
   2. sh -c "$(curl -sSfL https://release.anza.xyz/v2.0.21/install)"
3. Confirm that Solana version: solana --version
4. Find The Rust version for Mainnet
5. Install the Mainnet Rust version
6. Generate the Solana keypair: solana-keygen grind --starts-with amo:1
7. Update the Solana config to use the generated keypair: solana config set --keypair /home/andrei/.config/research/amo_keypair.json
8. Confirm that the Solana config was updated: solana config get

Build from source

• In case if the build fails linker 'cc' not found error, install the missing libraries.
• In case if build fails with the linking with 'cc' failed: exit status: 1 error, limit number of CPU to cut down on memory usage: cargo build -j 2

Uninstall Solana

1. Make sure that the pubkeys are either backed up or not longer needed. They are usually located in the .config/solana directory.
2. Delete the .config/solana directory.
3. Delete the ~/.local/share/solana directory.
4. Remove references to solana directories from the PATH configuration in .profile file. Confirm that it is not presented in other dot files: grep solana ~/.*.
5. Re-open the SSH session.