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Update installing-cardano-node with minor fixes #1008

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Update installing-cardano-node with Ubuntu 22 &etc
os11k Mar 28, 2023
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installing-cardano-node, updated GHCup version
os11k Mar 28, 2023
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Updated requirement for disk space
os11k Mar 28, 2023
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Now official building manual includes cabal update
os11k Mar 28, 2023
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Maybe lets have cabal build all everywhere
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clarify Secp256k1 requirement by node version
rphair Mar 28, 2023
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Merge branch 'staging' into os11k-patch-1
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12 changes: 7 additions & 5 deletions docs/get-started/installing-cardano-node.md
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Expand Up @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ To set up the components, you will need:

* **Windows**, **MacOS**, or **Linux** for your operating system
* An Intel or AMD x86 processor with **two or more cores, at 1.6GHz or faster** (2GHz or faster for a stake pool or relay)
* **16GB** of RAM and at least **75GB** of free disk space
* **16GB** of RAM and at least **125GB** of free disk space

:::note
If intending to connect to Mainnet instance, the requirements for RAM and storage would increase beyond baselines above.
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You can check if `ghcup` has been installed correctly by typing `ghcup --version` into the terminal. You should see something similar to the following:

```
The GHCup Haskell installer, version v0.1.17.8
The GHCup Haskell installer, version 0.1.19.2
```

`ghcup` will install the latest stable version of `ghc`. However, as of the time of writing this, [Input-Output](https://iohk.io) recommends using `ghc 8.10.7`. So, we will use `ghcup` to install and switch to the required version.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"

Once saved, we will then reload your shell profile to use the new variables. We can do that by typing `source $HOME/.bashrc` or `source $HOME/.zshrc` (***depending on the shell application you use***).

We need to install Secp256k1 what is required for 1.35.0 cardano-node version
We need to install Secp256k1 which is required from 1.35.0 cardano-node version onward:

Download and install libsecp256k1:
```bash
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We can now build the `Haskell-based` `cardano-node` to produce executable binaries.

```bash
cabal build cardano-node cardano-cli
cabal update
cabal build all
```

Install the newly built node and CLI commands to the $HOME/.local/bin directory:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ llvm installation path might differs based on your installation, if you used def

Once saved, we will then reload your shell profile to use the new variables. We can do that by typing `source $HOME/.bashrc` or `source $HOME/.zshrc` (***depending on the shell application you use***).

We need to install Secp256k1 what is required for 1.35.0 cardano-node version
We need to install Secp256k1 which is required from 1.35.0 cardano-node version onward:

Download and install libsecp256k1:
```bash
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#### Building and installing the node
```bash
cabal update
cabal build all
```
:::caution
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