Install Gmet
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This document explains the gmet configuration and building process for setting up a Metadium BP node. This installation process is only necessary when building directly from the source code and not using pre-built files from GitHub.
The go-metadium source code is publicly available on the repository; download it as follows:
Metadium's gmet supports rocksdb and leveldb, and you can choose the version to build using the USE_ROCKSDB option during the build process. Each version has a different format for the generated chain data, and they are not mutually compatible, so be sure to check the DB version you want to use before proceeding.
Below is the command for building, written based on the Ubuntu operating system recommended by Metadium:
Once the build is complete, you can run the gmet node using the gmet.sh script. The gmet.sh script allows you to specify parameters for running the gmet node by creating a .rc configuration file for easy setup.