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title: Installing Geth
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You can install the Go implementation of Ethereum using a variety of ways. These include installing it via your favorite package manager; downloading a standalone pre-built bundle; running as a docker container; or building it yourself. This document details all of the possibilities to get you joining the Ethereum network using whatever means you prefer. A list of stable releases can be found [here](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases).
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## Updating Geth
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Updating go-ethereum is as easy as it gets. You just need to download and install the newer version of geth, shutdown your node and restart with the new software.
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Geth will automatically use the data of your old node and sync the latest blocks that were mined since you shutdown the old software.
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## Install from a package manager
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### Install on macOS via Homebrew
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The easiest way to install go-ethereum is to use our
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Homebrew tap. If you don't have Homebrew, [install it first](http://brew.sh).
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Run the following commands to add the tap and install `geth`:
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```shell
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brew tap ethereum/ethereum
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brew install ethereum
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```
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You can install the master branch using the `--devel` parameter:
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```shell
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brew install ethereum --devel
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```
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The `abigen`, `bootnode`, `checkpoint-admin`, `clef`, `devp2p`, `ethkey`, `evm`, `faucet`, `geth`, `p2psim`, `puppeth`, `rlpdump`, and `wnode` commands are then available on your system in `/usr/local/bin/`.
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Find the different options and commands available with `geth --help`.
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### Install on Ubuntu via PPAs
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The easiest way to install go-ethereum on Ubuntu-based distributions is with the built-in launchpad PPAs (Personal Package Archives). We provide a single PPA repository that contains both our stable and development releases for Ubuntu versions `trusty`, `xenial`, `zesty` and `artful`.
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To enable our launchpad repository run:
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```shell
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sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ethereum/ethereum
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```
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Then install the stable version of go-ethereum:
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```shell
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install ethereum
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```
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Or the develop version via:
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```shell
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install ethereum-unstable
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```
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The `abigen`, `bootnode`, `clef`, `evm`, `geth`, `puppeth`, `rlpdump`, and `wnode` commands are then available on your system in `/usr/bin/`.
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Find the different options and commands available with `geth --help`.
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### Install on Windows
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The easiest way to install go-ethereum is to download a pre-compiled binary from the [downloads](https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/) page. The page provides an installer as well as a zip file. The installer puts `geth` into your `PATH` automatically. The zip file contains the command `.exe` files that you can use without installing by runnning it from the command prompt.
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### Install on FreeBSD via pkg
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```shell
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pkg install go-ethereum
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```
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The `geth` command is then available on your system in `/usr/local/bin/`. You can create a new account on your node with:
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```shell
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geth account new
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```
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Find the different options and commands available with `geth --help`.
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### Install on FreeBSD via ports
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Go to the `net-p2p/go-ethereum` ports directory:
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```shell
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cd /usr/ports/net-p2p/go-ethereum
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```
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Then build it the standard way (as root):
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```shell
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make install
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```
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The `abigen`, `bootnode`, `clef`, `evm`, `geth`, `puppeth`, `rlpdump`, and `wnode` commands are then available on your system in `/usr/local/bin/`.
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Find the different options and commands available with `geth --help`.
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### Install on Arch Linux via `pacman`
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The `geth` package is available from the [community repo](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/geth/).
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You can install it using:
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```shell
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pacman -S geth
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```
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The `abigen`, `bootnode`, `clef`, `evm`, `geth`, `puppeth`, `rlpdump`, and `wnode` commands are then available on your system in `/usr/bin/`.
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Find the different options and commands available with `geth --help`.
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## Download standalone bundle
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We distribute our stable releases and development builds as standalone bundles. These are useful when you'd like to: a) install a specific version of our code (e.g., for reproducible environments); b) install on machines without internet access (e.g., air-gapped computers); or c) do not like automatic updates and would rather manually install software.
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We create the following standalone bundles:
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- 32bit, 64bit, ARMv5, ARMv6, ARMv7 and ARM64 archives (`.tar.gz`) on Linux
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- 64bit archives (`.tar.gz`) on macOS
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- 32bit and 64bit archives (`.zip`) and installers (`.exe`) on Windows
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We provide archives containing only Geth, and archives containing Geth along with the developer tools from our repository (`abigen`, `bootnode`, `disasm`, `evm`, `rlpdump`). Read our [`README`](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum#executables) for more information about these executables.
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Download these bundles from the [Go Ethereum Downloads](https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads) page.
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## Run inside Docker container
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If you prefer containerized processes, we maintain a Docker image with recent snapshot builds from our `develop` branch on DockerHub. We maintain four different Docker images for running the latest stable or development versions of Geth.
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- `ethereum/client-go:latest` is the latest development version of Geth (default)
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- `ethereum/client-go:stable` is the latest stable version of Geth
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- `ethereum/client-go:{version}` is the stable version of Geth at a specific version number
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- `ethereum/client-go:release-{version}` is the latest stable version of Geth at a specific version family
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To pull an image and start a node, run these commands:
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```shell
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docker pull ethereum/client-go
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docker run -it -p 30303:30303 ethereum/client-go
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```
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We also maintain four different Docker images for running the latest stable or development versions of miscellaneous Ethereum tools.
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- `ethereum/client-go:alltools-latest` is the latest development version of the Ethereum tools
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- `ethereum/client-go:alltools-stable` is the latest stable version of the Ethereum tools
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- `ethereum/client-go:alltools-{version}` is the stable version of the Ethereum tools at a specific version number
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- `ethereum/client-go:alltools-release-{version}` is the latest stable version of the Ethereum tools at a specific version family
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The image has the following ports automatically exposed:
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- `8545` TCP, used by the HTTP based JSON RPC API
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- `8546` TCP, used by the WebSocket based JSON RPC API
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- `8547` TCP, used by the GraphQL API
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- `30303` TCP and UDP, used by the P2P protocol running the network
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_Note, if you are running an Ethereum client inside a Docker container, you should mount a data volume as the client's data directory (located at `/root/.ethereum` inside the container) to ensure that downloaded data is preserved between restarts and/or container life-cycles._
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## Build go-ethereum from source code
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### Most Linux systems and macOS
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Go Ethereum is written in [Go](https://golang.org), so to build from source code you need the most recent version of Go. This guide doesn't cover how to install Go itself, for details read the [Go installation instructions](https://golang.org/doc/install) and grab any needed bundles from the [Go download page](https://golang.org/dl/).
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With Go installed, you can download the project into you `GOPATH` workspace via:
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```shell
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go get -d github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
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```
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You can also install specific versions via:
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```shell
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go get -d github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum@v1.9.21
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```
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The above commands do not build any executables. To do that you can either build one specifically:
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```shell
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go install github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/geth
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```
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Or you can build the entire project and install `geth` along with all developer tools by running `go install ./...` in the `ethereum/go-ethereum` repository root inside your `GOPATH` workspace.
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If you are using macOS and see errors related to macOS header files, install XCode Command Line Tools with `xcode-select --install`, and try again.
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If you encounter `go: cannot use path@version syntax in GOPATH mode` or similar errors, enable gomodules using `export GO111MODULE=on`.
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### Windows
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The Chocolatey package manager provides an easy way to get the required build tools installed. If you don't have chocolatey, [follow the instructions](https://chocolatey.org) to install it first.
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Then open an Administrator command prompt and install the build tools you need:
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```
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C:\Windows\system32> choco install git
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C:\Windows\system32> choco install golang
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C:\Windows\system32> choco install mingw
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```
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Installing these packages sets up the path environment variables, you need to open a new command prompt to get the new path.
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The following steps don't need Administrator privileges. First create and set up a Go workspace directory layout, then clone the source and build it.
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```
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C:\Users\xxx> mkdir src\github.com\ethereum
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C:\Users\xxx> git clone https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum src\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum
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C:\Users\xxx> cd src\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum
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C:\Users\xxx\src\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum> go get -u -v golang.org/x/net/context
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C:\Users\xxx\src\github.com\ethereum\go-ethereum> go install -v ./cmd/...
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```
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### FreeBSD
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Ports are slightly more up to date (1.8.14 at the time of writing)
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Clone the repository to a directory of your choosing:
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```shell
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git clone https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
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```
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Building `geth` requires the Go compiler:
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```shell
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pkg install go
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```
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If your golang version is >= 1.5, build the `geth` program using the following command:
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```shell
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cd go-ethereum
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make geth
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```
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If your golang version is < 1.5 (quarterly packages, for example), use the following command instead:
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```shell
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cd go-ethereum
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CC=clang make geth
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```
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You can now run `build/bin/geth` to start your node.
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### Building without a Go workflow
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If you do not want to set up Go workspaces on your machine, but only build `geth` and forget about the build process, you can clone our repository and use the `make` command, which configures everything for a temporary build and cleans up afterwards. This method of building only works on UNIX-like operating systems, and you still need Go installed.
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```shell
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git clone https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum.git
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cd go-ethereum
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make geth
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```
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These commands create a `geth` executable file in the `go-ethereum/build/bin` folder that you can move wherever you want to run from. The binary is standalone and doesn't require any additional files.
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Additionally you can compile all additional tools go-ethereum comes with by running `make all`. A list of all tools can be found [here](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/cmd).
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If you want to cross-compile to another architecture check out the [cross-compilation guide](./cross-compile).
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If you want to build a stable release, the v1.9.21 release for example, you can use `git checkout v1.9.21` before running `make geth` to switch to a stable branch.
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