2-3: Install Pocket

Now we're ready to install the Pocket software. We'll be installing Pocket Core which, as mentioned, was developed in Go. So it requires the Go compiler, but that was installed with Go in the previous step.

To install Pocket Core, do the following:

1. Create a project directory

   sudo mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/pokt-network
2. CD to the project directory

   cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/pokt-network
3. Get the Pocket Core code

   sudo git clone https://github.com/pokt-network/pocket-core.git
4. CD to the code directory

   cd pocket-core
5. Checkout the latest version

   sudo git checkout tags/RC-0.7.1
6. Build project code

   go build -o $GOPATH/bin/pocket $GOPATH/src/github.com/pokt-network/pocket-core/app/cmd/pocket_core/main.go
7. Test the installation

   pocket version

At this point we have all the software we need to run our Pocket node. But we'll need to configure it first. We'll start that next.