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Advanced Usage
Compiling Zap From Source
Note: If you have installation or compilation issues, please file a Github issue or ping us in Slack.
Prerequisites
To compile the Zap wallet, you will need:
Downloading Zap
After installing the above prerequisites, clone the repo via git:
git clone https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop.git
Installing Dependencies
Install all the dependencies with yarn:
cd zap-desktop
yarn
Lightning Network Daemon (lnd)
Zap requires lnd but does not store lnd binaries in the Github repo.
To setup lnd for Zap, you have two options:
Light Client
lnd allows you to configure your node to use the new light client neutrino (BIP 157 & BIP 158) which allows you to run lnd without requiring a full node.
This is the default configuration for the Zap wallet. To use the light client you can either use the Lightning Labs Binary or Compile lnd.
Lightning Labs Binary
Note: The Lightning Labs lightning-app project is different then lnd
Download the lnd binary for your appropriate OS and copy it to the appropriate location for your OS.
Compile lnd
You can compile lnd from source to have the latest development version. This allows you to use lncli in addition to Zap, and run a separate lnd instance with custom configuration. Zap will detect the separate lnd instance and use it as the backend client.
For Zap to run properly without any custom lnd setup, copy the lnd binary to the appropriate location for your OS.
The lnd binary can be found at $GOPATH/bin.
Full Bitcoin Node
Follow the instructions on the lnd installation page.
lnd Location
Zap expects lnd to be in one of these directories depending on your OS:
- macOS
resources/bin/darwin/ - Linux
resources/bin/linux/ - Windows
resources/bin/win32/
On macOS and Linux, make sure the file has execute permissions:
chmod +x lnd
Running Zap
Testing
To test that everything has been installed correctly:
npm run test
Running
To run Zap:
npm run dev
Linting
To check linting:
npm run lint