Here is a guide on how to install dncli command line interface and connect to dfinance testnet.

Installation using precompiled binaries

First of all download the latest version of dncli for your system from release pages.

Install downloaded dncli binary.

For Mac OS/Linux:

mv <downloaded binary path> ./dncli
chmod +x ./dncli
mv ./dncli /usr/local/bin/dncli

For Windows:

1. Go to "Program Files" directory.

2. Create there "dn" directory.

3. Rename the downloaded file to "dncli" and put it into "dn" directory.

Now "cmd" and execute:

setx path "%path%;%ProgramFiles%\dn"

Now restart "cmd".

Check that installation successful done by running the command:

dncli version

Your should see your current version of dncli in output.

Configuration

Let's configure dncli and after go to the next step:

dncli config chain-id dn-testnet
dncli config output json
dncli config indent true
dncli config trust-node true
dncli config compiler tcp://pub.testnet.dfinance.co:50051
dncli config node https://rpc.testnet.dfinance.co:443
dncli config keyring-backend file

These configurations will connect your local dncli with remote testnet nodes.

Check that dncli configurated correctly:

dncli status

Installation from sources

Before we start you should have a correct 'GOPATH', 'GOROOT' environment variables, also installed Golang.

Required:

• golang 1.13.8 or later.

• protoc - here is installation instruction.

Build and Install using Makefile

Clone dfinance node repository to suitable place

git clone https://github.com/dfinance/dnode.git

Build and install dncli as binary using Makefile

make install-dncli

So after this command dncli will be available from console

dncli version --long

Build without Makefile

And let's build dncli:

GO111MODULE=on go build -o dncli cmd/dncli/main.go

Command must execute fine, after it you can run dncli:

./dncli version --long