General Backend Requirements / Blockscout Backend Prerequisites - Blockscout

Install the software below prior to Blockscout installation. For additional requirements see:

Database Storage Requirements: Storage required for common chains to give a sense of needed storage
Node Tracing Requirements: JSON RPC methods
Client Setting Requirements: Settings related to client implementations (ie Geth, OpenEthereum, etc)
Hardware/Hosting Requirements: Base requirements for a hosted instance of Blockscout.

Dependency	Mac	Linux
Erlang/OTP 26	`brew install erlang`	Erlang Install Example
Elixir 1.15.x	`brew install elixir`	Elixir Install Example
Postgres 14+	`brew install postgresql`	Postgres Install Example Note: Application versions earlier than v12 also support PostgreSQL 12 and 13.
Node.js 18.x.x	`brew install node`	Node.js Install Example
Automake	`brew install automake`	Automake Install Example
Libtool	`brew install libtool`	Libtool Install Example
Inotify-tools	Not Required	Ubuntu - `apt-get install inotify-tools`
GCC Compiler	`brew install gcc`	GCC Compiler Example
GMP	`brew install gmp`	Install GMP Devel
Make	-	`sudo apt install make`if Debian 9
G++ Compiler	-	`sudo apt install g++`if Debian 9

Additional requirements for Blockscout versions below 5.1.3:

Dependency	Mac	Linux
Rust	-	Install Rust
Cargo	-	Ubuntu - `apt-get install cargo`

Backend/Frontend Compatibility Matrix

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