cosmos-sdk/docs/gaia/installation.md

Install Gaia

This guide will explain how to install the gaiad and gaiacli entrypoints onto your system. With these installed on a server, you can participate in the latest testnet as either a Full Node or a Validator.

Install Go

Install go by following the official docs. Remember to set your $GOPATH, $GOBIN, and $PATH environment variables, for example:

mkdir -p $HOME/go/bin
echo "export GOPATH=$HOME/go" >> ~/.bash_profile
echo "export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:$GOBIN" >> ~/.bash_profile

::: tip Go 1.11+ is required for the Cosmos SDK. :::

Install Cosmos SDK

Next, let's install the latest version of Gaia. Here we'll use the master branch, which contains the latest stable release. If necessary, make sure you git checkout the correct released version.

mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/cosmos
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/cosmos
git clone https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk
cd cosmos-sdk && git checkout master
make get_tools && make get_vendor_deps && make install

NOTE: If you have issues at this step, please check that you have the latest stable version of GO installed.

That will install the gaiad and gaiacli binaries. Verify that everything is OK:

$ gaiad version
$ gaiacli version

Run a Full Node

With the binaries installed, you can run a full node on the latest testnet.