Cardano Node Installation process

Let's start by downloading the Cardano Node source code from git (GitHub)
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mkdir -p ~/git && cd ~/git
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git clone https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node.git
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git clone in action
You should have now a new folder - cardano-node  with the source code of the cardano node, let's go to that directory and choose which version we would like to install (compile)
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cd cardano-node
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git fetch --all --recurse-submodules --tags
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git checkout tags/1.30.1
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Let's force the installation process to use the GHC version that we just installed.
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cabal configure --with-compiler=ghc-8.10.4
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let's add the libsodium libraries to Cardano node project:
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echo "package cardano-crypto-praos" >> cabal.project.local
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echo "  flags: -external-libsodium-vrf" >> cabal.project.local
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Now we are ready to start the installation (compilation) process. 
This will take a while... if you are installing this on the VPS server, then you can go and grab coffee/beer/wine/water... as it will take a while.
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cabal build all
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as the last step in our installation process is to copy newly compiled bin (executive) files to an early created folder: .local/bin
if you had a previous version of Cardano node running, then before you copy the new binary files, make sure that you have stopped your current Cardano-node processes, otherwise, you will not be able to overwrite the new file. 
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mkdir -p ~/.local/bin/
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cp -p ~/git/cardano-node/dist-newstyle/build/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.10.4/cardano-cli-1.30.1/x/cardano-cli/build/cardano-cli/cardano-cli ~/.local/bin/
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cp -p ~/git/cardano-node/dist-newstyle/build/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.10.4/cardano-node-1.30.1/x/cardano-node/build/cardano-node/cardano-node ~/.local/bin/
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echo PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin/" >> $HOME/.bashrc
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source ~/.bashrc
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Let's check if we have installed the binary files in the correct location and the latest version
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which cardano-node && which cardano-cli
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cardano-node --version
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cardano-cli --version
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you should see something like this:
Great! We have installed the Cardano node on our server! 

Congratulations on installing Cardano Node!

Getting ready to install the Cardano Node (v1.30.1)

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