Is there a binary that I could install and run?

Question

Some of my attempts researching how to get EOS up and running:

• there is no public testnet: https://github.com/EOSIO/eos/wiki/Testnet:-Public

• it takes a lot of memory to compile: https://github.com/EOSIO/eos/issues/1573

• here they've suggested Docker: https://old.reddit.com/r/EOSDev/comments/8nmlfu/is_there_a_vm_i_could_just_download_and_dont/

Is there a binary I could simply run?

• brew install eos
• apt-get install eos

You get the idea... Easier to get stared = wider adoption.

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I'm terrible at solving build issues, that's why I'm working on the front-end, that's why it is easier for me to download 20GB VM rather than trying to configure everything. Right now giving Docker another shot: https://developers.eos.io/eosio-nodeos/docs/docker-quickstart

Answer 1

I cannot believe it was that easy.

My previous experience with Docker was terrible - error upon error, some configuration issues. I guess it was on the application level, not Docker level.

This time around - it just works! EOS running in 2 lines of code: https://developers.eos.io/eosio-nodeos/docs/docker-quickstart

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1. Pull the image from the repository:

docker pull eosio/eos-dev

2. And start the EOSIO node:

sudo docker run --rm --name eosio -d -p 8888:8888 -p 9876:9876 -v /tmp/work:/work -v /tmp/eosio:/mnt/dev/data eosio/eos-dev /bin/bash -c "nodeos -e -p eosio --plugin eosio::wallet_api_plugin --plugin eosio::wallet_plugin --plugin eosio::producer_plugin --plugin eosio::history_plugin --plugin eosio::chain_api_plugin --plugin eosio::history_api_plugin --plugin eosio::http_plugin -d /mnt/dev/data --http-server-address=0.0.0.0:8888 --access-control-allow-origin=* --contracts-console"

3. Check its working:

sudo docker logs --tail 10 eosio

Answer 2

actually there has not yet had an official testnet actually as declare at developer portal there is community testnet that you can try http://dev.cryptolions.io