If you are simply looking to install Lokinet and don't want to compile it yourself we provide several options for platforms to run on:
Tier 1:
Tier 2:
Currently Unsupported Platforms: (maintainers welcome)
- Android
- Apple iPhone
- Homebrew
- [Insert Flavor of the Month windows package manager here]
You can get the latest stable release for lokinet on windows or macos from https://lokinet.org/ or check the releases page on github.
You do not have to build from source if you do not wish to, we provide apt and rpm repos.
You can install debian packages from deb.oxen.io
by adding the apt repo to your system.
$ sudo curl -so /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/oxen.gpg https://deb.oxen.io/pub.gpg
$ echo "deb https://deb.oxen.io $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oxen.list
This apt repo is also available via lokinet at http://deb.loki
Once added you can install lokinet with:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install lokinet
When running from debian package the following steps are not needed as it is already running and ready to use. You can stop/start/restart it using systemctl start lokinet
, systemctl stop lokinet
, etc.
We also provide an RPM repo, see rpm.oxen.io
, also available on lokinet at rpm.loki
automated builds from dev branches for the brave or impatient can be found from our CI pipeline here. (warning: these nightly builds may or may not consume your first born child.)
Build requirements:
- Git
- CMake
- C++ 17 capable C++ compiler
- libuv >= 1.27.0
- libsodium >= 1.0.18
- libssl (for lokinet-bootstrap)
- libcurl (for lokinet-bootstrap)
- libunbound
- libzmq
- cppzmq
If you want to build from source:
$ sudo apt install build-essential cmake git libcap-dev pkg-config automake libtool libuv1-dev libsodium-dev libzmq3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libevent-dev nettle-dev libunbound-dev libssl-dev nlohmann-json3-dev
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/oxen-io/lokinet
$ cd lokinet
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
$ make -j$(nproc)
$ sudo make install
set up the initial configs:
$ lokinet -g
$ lokinet-bootstrap
after you create default config, run it:
$ lokinet
This requires the binary to have the proper capabilities which is usually set by make install
on the binary. If you have errors regarding permissions to open a new interface this can be resolved using:
$ sudo setcap cap_net_admin,cap_net_bind_service=+eip /usr/local/bin/lokinet
Due to circumstances beyond our control a working PKGBUILD
can be found here.
current cross targets:
- aarch64-linux-gnu
- arm-linux-gnueabihf
- mips-linux-gnu
- mips64-linux-gnuabi64
- mipsel-linux-gnu
- powerpc64le-linux-gnu
install the toolchain (this one is for aarch64-linux-gnu
, you can provide your own toolchain if you want)
$ sudo apt install g{cc,++}-aarch64-linux-gnu
build 1 or many cross targets:
$ ./contrib/cross.sh arch_1 arch_2 ... arch_n
windows builds are cross compiled from debian/ubuntu linux
additional build requirements:
- nsis
- cpack
- rsvg-convert (
librsvg2-bin
package on Debian/Ubuntu)
setup:
$ sudo apt install build-essential cmake git pkg-config mingw-w64 nsis cpack automake libtool
$ sudo update-alternatives --set x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-posix
$ sudo update-alternatives --set x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix
building:
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/oxen-io/lokinet
$ cd lokinet
$ ./contrib/windows.sh
Source code compilation of Lokinet by end users is not supported or permitted by apple on their platforms, see this for more information.
If you find this disagreeable consider using a platform that permits compiling from source.
Currently has no VPN Platform code, see issue #1513
build:
$ pkg install cmake git pkgconf
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/oxen-io/lokinet
$ cd lokinet
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSTATIC_LINK=ON -DBUILD_STATIC_DEPS=ON ..
$ make
install (root):
# make install
We have an Android APK for lokinet VPN via android VPN API.
Coming to F-Droid whenever that happens. [issue]