Install binary distribution
MacOS with Homebrew
Prerequisites
- Homebrew
- Java JDK.
Important
Hyperledger Besu supports:
- MacOS High Sierra 10.13 or later versions.
- Java 11+.
We recommend using at least Java 17 because that will be the minimum requirement in the next Besu version series.
You can install Java using
brew install openjdk. Alternatively, you can manually install the Java JDK.
Install (or upgrade) using Homebrew
To install Besu using Homebrew:
brew tap hyperledger/besu
brew install hyperledger/besu/besu
To upgrade an existing Besu installation using Homebrew:
brew upgrade hyperledger/besu/besu
Note
If you’ve upgraded your MacOS version between installing and upgrading Besu, when running brew upgrade
hyperledger/besu/besu you may be prompted to reinstall command line tools with xcode-select --install.
Note
When upgrading Besu, you might be prompted to fix the remote branch names in Homebrew by using the command
brew tap --repair.
To display the Besu version and confirm installation:
besu --version
To display Besu command line help:
besu --help
Linux / Unix
Prerequisites
Attention
Besu supports Java 11-16.
Linux open file limit
If synchronizing to Mainnet on Linux or other chains with large data requirements, increase the
maximum number of open files allowed using ulimit. If the open files limit is not high
enough, a Too many open files RocksDB exception occurs.
Install from packaged binaries
Download the Besu packaged binaries.
Unpack the downloaded files and change into the besu-<release> directory.
Display Besu command line help to confirm installation:
bin/besu --help