Build from source
Prerequisites
- caution
EthSigner requires Java 11 or later releases.
Installation on Linux / Unix / macOS
Clone the EthSigner repository
Clone the ConsenSys/ethsigner repository:
git clone https://github.com/ConsenSys/ethsigner.git
Build EthSigner
After cloning, go to the ethsigner directory.
Build EthSigner with the Gradle wrapper gradlew:
./gradlew build
Go to the distribution directory:
cd build/distributions/
Expand the distribution archive:
tar -xzf ethsigner-<version>.tar.gz
Move to the expanded folder and display the EthSigner help to confirm installation.
cd ethsigner-<version>/
bin/ethsigner --help
Installation on Windows
Install EthSigner
Clone the ConsenSys/ethsigner repository:
git clone https://github.com/ConsenSys/ethsigner.git
Build EthSigner
Go to the ethsigner directory:
cd ethsigner
Build EthSigner with the Gradle wrapper gradlew:
.\gradlew build
To run gradlew, you must have the JAVA_HOME system variable set to the Java installation directory. For example: JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_181.
Go to the distribution directory:
cd build\distributions
Expand the distribution archive:
tar -xzf ethsigner-<version>.tar.gz
Go to the expanded folder and display the EthSigner help to confirm installation.
cd ethsigner-<version>
bin\ethsigner --help