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Expand Up @@ -25,52 +25,58 @@ Building Lotus from source allows you to strictly configure how Lotus runs and h

1. Install Lotus dependencies:

Arch:

```shell
sudo pacman -Syu hwloc
```

Ubuntu/Debian:

```shell
sudo apt install -y hwloc
```

Fedora:

```shell
sudo dnf -y install hwloc
```

OpenSUSE:

```shell
sudo zypper in hwloc
```
Arch:

```shell
sudo pacman -Syu hwloc
```

Ubuntu/Debian:

```shell
sudo apt install -y hwloc
```

Fedora:

```shell
sudo dnf -y install hwloc
```

OpenSUSE:

```shell
sudo zypper in hwloc
```

Amazon Linux 2:

```shell
sudo yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm; sudo yum install -y hwloc-devel
```

Amazon Linux 2:
2. Download the latest Linux bundle from the [Lotus GitHub releases page](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/releases/latest):

```shell
sudo yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm; sudo yum install -y hwloc-devel
```
```shell
wget https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/releases/download/v{{< version >}}/lotus_v{{< version >}}_linux_amd64_v1.tar.gz
```

1. Download the latest Linux bundle from the [Lotus GitHub releases page](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/releases/latest):
3. Extract tar -xvf archive.tar.gz executable:

```shell
wget https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/releases/download/v{{< version >}}/lotus_v{{< version >}}_linux_amd64_V1.tar.gz
tar -xvf lotus_v{{< version >}}_linux_amd64_v1.tar.gz
```

2. Extract tar -xvf archive.tar.gz executable:
4. Move the `lotus` binary to `/usr/local/bin`:

```shell
tar -xvf lotus_v{{< version >}}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv lotus_{{< version >}}_linux_amd64/lotus /usr/local/bin/lotus
```

3. Move the `lotus` binary to `/usr/local/bin`:
5. Set execute permissions on the binary:

```shell
sudo mv lotus_{{< version >}}_linux_amd64/lotus /usr/local/bin/lotus
chmod ugo+x /usr/local/bin/lotus
```

## Building from source
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