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doc: Update build doc #2078

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Expand Up @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ These dependencies are required:
libdb4.8 | Berkeley DB | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
qt | GUI | GUI toolkit (only needed when GUI enabled)
libqrencode | QR codes in GUI | Optional for generating QR codes (only needed when GUI enabled)
libzip | Zip Compression | For Zip Compression and Decompression for snapshot and scraper related functions

For the versions used in the release, see [release-process.md](release-process.md) under *Fetch and build inputs*.

Expand All @@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian
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Build requirements:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils
sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils libzip-dev libfreetype-dev

Options when installing required Boost library files:

Expand All @@ -98,13 +99,22 @@ install necessary parts of boost:
BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet.

**For Ubuntu only:** db4.8 packages are available [here](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin).

You can add the repository and install using the following commands:

**For Ubuntu 18.04 and earlier versions**

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev

**For Ubuntu 20.04+**

For Ubuntu 20.04+ users the db4.8 is not available on the official PPA. Use the script in contrib/install_db4.sh
to compile and install db4.8. You can use the script in your build location. For example if your build
location is Gridcoin-Research/ then `./contrib/install_db4.sh $PWD`

Ubuntu and Debian have their own libdb-dev and libdb++-dev packages, but these will install
BerkeleyDB 5.1 or later, which break binary wallet compatibility with the distributed executables which
are based on BerkeleyDB 4.8. If you do not care about wallet compatibility,
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