Download and Install MultiChain
Get up and running in five minutes or less
System requirements
Linux: 64-bit, supports Ubuntu 12.04+, CentOS 6.2+, Debian 7+, Fedora 15+, RHEL 6.2+.
Windows: 64-bit, supports Windows 7, 8, 10, Server 2008 or later.
512 MB of RAM
1 GB of disk space
If you don’t have one of these available, you can rapidly deploy MultiChain on Microsoft Azure. We also recommend Digital Ocean for cheap and quick cloud instances.
Installing MultiChain – Linux
su (enter root password)
cd /tmp
wget http://www.multichain.com/download/multichain-1.0-beta-1.tar.gz
tar -xvzf multichain-1.0-beta-1.tar.gz
cd multichain-1.0-beta-1
mv multichaind multichain-cli multichain-util /usr/local/bin (to make easily accessible on the command line)
exit (to return to your regular user)
You can also use this link to the latest version, instead of the URL above. The link is updated a few days after each release.
Installing MultiChain – Windows
Download http://www.multichain.com/download/multichain-windows-1.0-beta-1.zip and extract its contents to your chosen directory.
Compiling from sources
If you prefer, you can also compile MultiChain for Ubuntu Linux or Windows from the source code at Github.
Next steps
Once MultiChain is installed, you can proceed with the steps in Getting Started or dive straight into the developer guide. You can also install the Explorer for web-based browsing of your blockchain’s activity or the Web Demo for a simple interface for many APIs.
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Upgrading MultiChain
Stop any running nodes: multichain-cli [chain-name] stop (on Linux use ps -x to check for multichaind processes).
Follow the regular installation instructions, overwriting the older executables.
Restart any nodes required: multichaind [chain-name] -daemon
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