System Requirements

Welcome to the Arch Network development guide. This page contains all the requirements and setup instructions needed to start developing with Arch Network.

System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Installation Guide

1. Install Rust

# Install Rust using rustup
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env  # Add Rust to your current shell session

# Verify installation
rustc --version
cargo --version

2. Install Build Tools

macOS

xcode-select --install  # Install Command Line Tools

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential gcc-multilib jq

3. Install Solana CLI

sh -c "$(curl -sSfL https://release.solana.com/v1.18.18/install)"

# Verify installation
solana --version

4. Install Arch Network CLI

curl -L -o cli https://github.com/Arch-Network/arch-node/releases/latest/download/cli-aarch64-apple-darwin
chmod +x cli
sudo mv cli /usr/local/bin/

curl -L -o cli https://github.com/Arch-Network/arch-node/releases/latest/download/cli-x86_64-apple-darwin
chmod +x cli
sudo mv cli /usr/local/bin/

curl -L -o cli https://github.com/Arch-Network/arch-node/releases/latest/download/cli-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
chmod +x cli
sudo mv cli /usr/local/bin/

curl -L -o cli https://github.com/Arch-Network/arch-node/releases/latest/download/cli-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
chmod +x cli
sudo mv cli /usr/local/bin/

Verify installation:

cli --version

Troubleshooting

Solana Installation Issues

If you installed Rust through Homebrew and encounter cargo-build-sbf issues:

1. Remove existing Rust installation:

rustup self uninstall

2. Perform clean Rust installation:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

3. Reinstall Solana:

sh -c "$(curl -sSfL https://release.solana.com/v1.18.18/install)"

Need Help?

• Check our Troubleshooting Guide
• Join our Discord dev-chat
• Review the Arch Network CLI documentation