Mac Solidity Setup

Solidity Programming setup

• Install Xcode
• Open xcode to accept the license agreement.
• Close xcode
• Open terminal

xcode-select --install

this will install command line tools, which is needed to install homebrew

• Install homebrew
  • Go to Brew sh
• Copy and paste script from brew into terminal
• Install Geth

brew update // update catalog
brew tap ethereum/ethereum // add the ethereum repository to catalog
brew install ethereum

To upgrade an existing installation

brew upgrade ethereum

• Install Ganache Ganache
• New version has a bug so install Ganache Version 1
  • Ganache is like testrpc
• Install NodeJs NodeJs
  • This installation will also upgrade older versions
• On a new system you can use

brew install node

• Install Truffle4 Truffle Framework

sudo npm install truffle

• • If you have older version YOU MUST REMOVE IT

npm uninstall -g truffle

Setting up the Ethereum Node

• Create Folders

mkdir -p ~/ChainSkills/private

• Define Genesis Block ( run from the private Directory)

puppeth

1. Network Name
   1. whatevername
2. Option 2 to configure new genesis