# Installation

1. **Update packages and install useful tools.**

```
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade --yes && \
sudo apt install git build-essential ufw curl jq snapd screen ncdu nano fuse ufw --yes
```

2. **Install `go` using `snap`**.

```
sudo snap install go --classic && \
echo 'export GOPATH="$HOME/go"' >> ~/.profile && \
echo 'export GOBIN="$GOPATH/bin"' >> ~/.profile && \
echo 'export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile && \
source ~/.profile && \
go version
```

3. **Download latest binary.**

```
wget https://github.com/likecoin/likecoin-chain/releases/download/v4.2.0/likecoin-chain_4.1.1_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xvf likecoin-chain_4.2.0_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
chmod +x bin/liked
mv bin/liked /usr/local/bin/
rm CHANGELOG.md LICENSE README.md likecoin-chain_4.2.0_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
liked version
```

4. **Initialize your node.**

```
liked init <node_name>
```

5. **Download genesis.**

```
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/likecoin/mainnet/master/genesis.json > ~/.liked/config/genesis.json
```

6. **Add seeds to `config.toml`.**

```
SEEDS="913bd0f4bea4ef512ffba39ab90eae84c1420862@34.82.131.35:26656,e44a2165ac573f84151671b092aa4936ac305e2a@nnkken.dev:26656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/" $HOME/.liked/config/config.toml
```

7. #### Set up minimum gas price.

```
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"10000nanolike\"/;" ~/.liked/config/app.toml
```

8. **Set up pruning (optional).**

```
pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.liked/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.liked/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.liked/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.liked/config/app.toml
```

9. **Create service file.**

```
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/liked.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=LikeCoin Daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which liked) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
```

10. **Enable and start service.**

```
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable liked
systemctl restart liked
journalctl -u liked -f -o cat
```

{% hint style="info" %}
If you would like to speed up the sync process, you may try using State Sync.
{% endhint %}