Installation
The LODA command-line tool is available for Linux, macOS and Windows. To install it, follow the instuctions for your operating system below.
If you are only interested in program mining, you can also join the LODA project on BOINC.
Linux and macOS
Before installing LODA on Linux or macOS, please make sure you have git installed.
Then map your operating system version to a LODA executable using the following table:
| Operating System | LODA Executable |
|---|---|
| Linux x86-64 (Intel/AMD64) | loda-linux-x86 |
| Linux ARM64 (compatible with Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) | loda-linux-arm64 |
| macOS (universal binary for Intel/Apple processors) | loda-macos |
Open a terminal and set a temporary environment variable:
export LODA_EXEC=...
Next, you need to choose an installation directory for the executable and all files needed
by LODA. The default is in your home directory at $HOME/loda.
export LODA_HOME=$HOME/loda
Now, you are ready to install LODA by running the following commands (you can use copy & paste):
mkdir -p $LODA_HOME/bin
cd $LODA_HOME/bin
curl -fsSLo loda https://github.com/loda-lang/loda-cpp/releases/latest/download/$LODA_EXEC
chmod u+x loda
./loda setup
This will start the interactive setup on the command line.
Follow the instructions to finish the installation. After that, you can try loda eval A000045 as a Hello World
example, or start mining programs using loda mine (single core) or loda mine -p (multi-core).
Windows
Before installing LODA, you need to install Git for Windows. After that you can install LODA as follows.
Click on the start menu and type Git CMD. Open this app and execute the following commands (you can use copy & paste):
md "%USERPROFILE%\loda\bin"
cd "%USERPROFILE%\loda\bin"
curl -fsSLo loda.exe https://github.com/loda-lang/loda-cpp/releases/latest/download/loda-windows
loda setup
This will start the interactive setup in the command line.
Follow the instructions to finish the installation. After that, you can try loda eval A000045 as a Hello World example or directly start mining using loda mine!
Updating LODA
To install updates, run loda setup. This command will check if updates are available and ask you whether to install them.