Installing on Other Linux Distros

Installing with RPM

Installing on Fedora and Centos are described below. 

Install using the RPM Package

To install to CentOS, open a terminal and run the following commands.

curl -O https://releases.algorand.com/rpm/rpm_algorand.pub
sudo rpmkeys --import rpm_algorand.pub
sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://releases.algorand.com/rpm/stable/algorand.repo
sudo yum install algorand

To install to Fedora open a terminal and run the following commands.

dnf install -y 'dnf-command(config-manager)'
dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://releases.algorand.com/rpm/stable/algorand.repo
dnf install algorand

These commands will install and configure algod as a service and place the algorand binaries in the /usr/bin directory. These binaries will be in the path so you can run algod and goal commands from anywhere. Additionally, every node has a data directory, in this case, it will be set to /var/lib/algorand. 

This install defaults to the Algorand MainNet network. See switching networks if you wish to install DevNet or TestNet and note that the genesis files are stored under /var/lib/algorand/genesis/ directory.

Staring the Node

A systemd service config is available in this package so you can use it to start the node

sudo systemctl start algorand

The algod process will start and you can check the node's status by running the following command.

goal node status -d /var/lib/algorand

Because algod is running as a service, you should use systemctl instead of goal to start, stop, and restart it.

Updating the Node

CentOS should automatically update. With Fedora installs the node currently has to be manually updated or through using a Cron job.

Fedora

sudo dnf upgrade algorand
Or put sudo dnf upgrade -y algorand in a cron script

Syncing with the Network

Follow the steps here to get more information on how the node will sync with the network.