dokterbob · March 26, 2021 14:57 · Mar 26, 2021
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+# Steps to reproduce
+1. Install SmartOS
+2. Login as root (over SSH)
+3. Create zone (https://wiki.smartos.org/how-to-create-a-zone/):
+   ```
+   imgadm import cfa9c88e-03f8-11eb-9980-879ff7980a9f # 20.3.0 64-bit
+   vmadm create <<EOL
+   ```
+   ```json
+   {
+       "brand": "joyent",
+       "image_uuid": "cfa9c88e-03f8-11eb-9980-879ff7980a9f",
+       "alias": "avalanchego",
+       "hostname": "avalanchego",
+       "resolvers": ["8.8.8.8", "8.8.4.4"],
+       "max_physical_memory": 2048,
+       "maintain_resolvers": true,
+       "nics": [
+          {
+            "nic_tag": "admin",
+            "ip": "dhcp"
+        }
+    ]
+   }
+   EOL
+   ```
+4. Login to zone: ```zlogin <uuid>```
+5. Install build dependencies: ```pkgin install go115 git gcc9 gcc9-libs```
+6. Set GOPATH:
+   ```
+   export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin
+   export GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)
+   ```
+7. Create a disk-based tmp directory, by default SmartOS zones use a RAM-disk tmpfs which has only 256 MB allocated (and we don't want to waste RAM on this):
+   ```
+   mkdir -f tmp
+   export TMPDIR=~/tmp
+   ```
+
+8. Clone and build custom fork of coreth (https://github.com/ava-labs/coreth):
+   ```
+   git clone --branch solaris_fixups https://github.com/dokterbob/coreth.git ~/go/src/github.com/ava-labs/coreth
+   ```
+
+
+9. Follow variant of official installation instructions (https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego):
+   ```
+   go get -v -d github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/...
+   cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego
+   scripts/build_avalanche.sh
+   mkdir build/plugins
+   scripts/build_coreth.sh ~/go/src/github.com/ava-labs/coreth build/plugins/evm
+   ```
+
+   The latter command seems to arbitrarily fail with `/opt/local/go115/pkg/tool/solaris_amd64/link: running gcc failed: wait: no child processes` and needs to be repeated until a working binary comes out. This is possibly due to an out of memory or similar condition.
+
+10. Run avalanchego like a true boss:
+    ```
+    ./build/avalanchego
+    ```