Cardano Node Installation process

Let's start by downloading the Cardano Node source code from git (GitHub)
mkdir -p ~/git && cd ~/git
git clone https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node.git
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)
cd cardano-node
git fetch --all --recurse-submodules --tags
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# git checkout $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/input-output-hk/cardano-node/releases/latest| jq .tag_name -r)
git checkout 1.35.3
you should see following output, check if the desired version is selected:
let's add the libsodium libraries to Cardano node project as well as force to use our installed GHC version:
echo "package cardano-crypto-praos" >> cabal.project.local
echo "  flags: -external-libsodium-vrf" >> cabal.project.local
echo "with-compiler: ghc-8.10.7" >> cabal.project.local
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Now we are ready to start the installation (compilation) process. 
This will take a while... if you are installing this on the VPS server, then you can go and grab coffee/beer/wine/water... as it will take a while. 
We will run this process in the background, so if your connection is interrupted, then it will still continue. 
cabal build all &
as the last step in our installation process is to copy newly compiled bin (executive) files to an early created folder: .local/bin
if you had a previous version of Cardano node running, then before you copy the new binary files, make sure that you have stopped your current Cardano-node processes, otherwise, you will not be able to overwrite the new file. 
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
cp -p "$(./scripts/bin-path.sh cardano-node)" ~/.local/bin/
cp -p "$(./scripts/bin-path.sh cardano-cli)" ~/.local/bin/
echo PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin/" >> $HOME/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
Let's check if we have installed the binary files in the correct location and the latest version
which cardano-node && which cardano-cli
cardano-node --version
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 (v1.35.3)

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