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rippled / xrpld - Build from Source on Ubuntu 24.04

This document provides a complete, repeatable build procedure for compiling rippled (xrpld) from a chosen Git tag on Ubuntu 24.04 using:

  • GCC 13 (default on 24.04)
  • Conan 2
  • CMake
  • Ninja
  • C++20 standard (mandatory)

This covers build only. No packaging, no systemd configuration.

1) Install System Dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
  git ca-certificates curl \
  python3 python3-venv python3-pip \
  build-essential pkg-config \
  cmake ninja-build \
  libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
  ccache

Verify compiler:

python3 --version
cmake --version
g++ --version

Ubuntu 24.04 ships GCC 13, which supports C++20.

python3 -m venv ~/venv-conan
source ~/venv-conan/bin/activate

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install "conan>=2.17,<3"

conan --version

3) Clone rippled Source

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/XRPLF/rippled.git
cd rippled

Fetch tags:

git fetch --tags --prune
git tag -l | tail -n 50

Checkout desired tag:

TAG="2.6.1"   # change as needed
git checkout -f "refs/tags/${TAG}"

Verify:

git rev-parse HEAD
git describe --tags --always

4) Configure Conan (C++20 Required)

Add XRPLF Conan remote (required for patched recipes):

conan remote add --index 0 xrplf https://conan.ripplex.io 2>/dev/null || true
conan remote list

Detect profile:

conan profile detect --force

Edit the generated profile:

nano ~/.conan2/profiles/default

Ensure the following settings exist:

compiler=gcc
compiler.version=13
compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11
compiler.cppstd=20

If it shows:

compiler.cppstd=gnu17

change it to:

compiler.cppstd=20

Verify:

conan profile show -pr default

Both Host and Build profiles must show:

compiler.cppstd=20

C++20 is mandatory for rippled builds.

5) Build rippled

Create a clean out-of-tree build directory:

cd ~/rippled
rm -rf .build
mkdir .build
cd .build

Install dependencies:

conan install .. \
  -pr default \
  --output-folder . \
  --build missing \
  -s build_type=Release

Configure CMake:

Change Dtests=ON if you want to run unit tests.

cmake -G Ninja \
  -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=build/generators/conan_toolchain.cmake \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -Dxrpld=ON \
  -Dtests=OFF \
  ..

Compile:

cmake --build . -j "$(nproc)"

6) Verify the Binary

ls -l ./rippled ./xrpld 2>/dev/null || true
./rippled --version 2>/dev/null || ./xrpld --version

Example output:

rippled version 2.6.1
Git commit hash: <sha>
Git build branch: <branch>

7) Rebuild for a Different Tag

cd ~/rippled
git fetch --tags --prune

TAG="2.6.0"
git checkout -f "refs/tags/${TAG}"

rm -rf .build
mkdir .build
cd .build

conan install .. -pr default --output-folder . --build missing -s build_type=Release

cmake -G Ninja \
  -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=build/generators/conan_toolchain.cmake \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -Dxrpld=ON \
  -Dtests=OFF \
  ..

cmake --build . -j "$(nproc)"

./rippled --version

Notes

  • GCC 13 is correct for Ubuntu 24.04.
  • C++20 (compiler.cppstd=20) is required.
  • Always delete .build when switching tags.
  • Building from a Git checkout embeds commit metadata in --version.
  • To avoid embedded Git metadata, build from a release tarball or remove .git before building.
  • For multiple versions side-by-side, use git worktree.

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