xmrig-build.sh

Simple automated script to build XMRig (dynamic or static) from source on x86-64, ARMv7, and ARMv8 devices.

Note: Builds are for CPU's. No GPU libraries are built.

I made it to speed up my process for installing and updating XMRig on multiple devices.

Should work for just about any device running a Debian-based Linux.

I've tested on the following with success:

• Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) [x86-64] [ARMv7] [ARMv8]
• Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) [x86-64] [ARMv7] [ARMv8]
• Debian 9 (Stretch) [x86-64]
• Debian 10 (Buster) [x86-64]
• Raspbian (Stretch) [ARMv7] [ARMv8]
• Armbian (Stretch) [ARMv7] [ARMv8]

• Fails on Raspbian (Buster) and Raspberry Pi OS... I am unable to determine exactly why.

Issues:

Feel free to raise issues you might find with my script, however, it must be noted that failures during the actual xmrig build process are outside of this script's control.

This script uses the exact build processes documented by XMRig. All build failure issues should be directed to the XMRig's Git.

I have seen times where a dynamic build fails, but a static build will pass (and vice versa). I've seen builds pass for one XMRig version and fail for another... it all depends on what's going on over at the XMRig repo.

Requirements:

This script will check for and install (via apt) the following packages/tools:

build-essential, cmake, ibuv1-dev, libssl-dev, libhwloc-dev, screen, p7zip-full

Not checked or installed via script:

Git (needed for the install and self-update process to work.)

Install:

This script is self-updating. The self-update routine uses git commands to make the update.

git clone https://github.com/DocDrydenn/svr_fans.git

(Future update will allow the user to skip the self-update function... allowing the script to be "installed" and/or run from outside of a git clone.)

Usage:

 ./xmrig-build [-dhs] -<0|7|8>

    -0 | 0 | <blank>      - x86-64
    -7 | 7                - ARMv7
    -8 | 8                - ARMv8

    -s | s                - Build Static

    -h | h                - Display (this) Usage Output
    -d | d                - Enable Debug Output (Simulation-Only)

Examples

x86-64 (Default)

./xmrig-build.sh (No argument or anything other than 7 and 8)

ARMv7

./xmrig-build.sh 7

ARMv8 Static Binary

./xmrig-build.sh 8 -s

Result:

Upon completion, this script will create a directory ./$scriptpath/xmrig and will have the following files inside:

• xmrig - XMRig binary
• start-example.sh - Example XMRig startup script
• xmrig-build.7z - 7zip archive of above files for easy "transport" to a new machine/location.

If this script has been run in the past, prior to building a new binary, it will make backups of the previous XMRig build files resulting in two additional files inside the xmrig directory, just incase one might need to revert to a previous build (see Issues section above).

• xmrig.bak - previous XMRig binary
• xmrig-build.7z.bak - previous XMRig backup archive

Note: This "backup" function is rolling... meaning each run of the script will push off the last. If you wish to keep the backups, I suggest you copy them to another location prior to re-running the script.

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