Install Barkd

Barkd has two installation methods:

Binary release

Pre-built barkd binaries are published on GitLab releases. Pick the archive for your platform and drop the binary into your PATH.

Download barkd

curl -L https://gitlab.com/ark-bitcoin/bark/-/releases/bark-0.6.0/downloads/barkd-0.6.0-linux-x86_64 --output barkd

Mark the binary as executable

chmod +x barkd

Add barkd to your PATH

sudo cp barkd /usr/local/bin/

Download barkd

curl -L https://gitlab.com/ark-bitcoin/bark/-/releases/bark-0.6.0/downloads/barkd-0.6.0-linux-x86_64 --output barkd

Mark the binary as executable

chmod +x barkd

Add barkd to your PATH

sudo cp barkd /usr/local/bin/

Download barkd

curl -L https://gitlab.com/ark-bitcoin/bark/-/releases/bark-0.6.0/downloads/barkd-0.6.0-apple-aarch64 --output barkd

Mark the binary as executable

chmod +x barkd

Add barkd to your PATH

sudo cp barkd /usr/local/bin/

Download barkd

curl -L https://gitlab.com/ark-bitcoin/bark/-/releases/bark-0.6.0/downloads/barkd-0.6.0-apple-x86_64 --output barkd

Mark the binary as executable

chmod +x barkd

Add barkd to your PATH

sudo cp barkd /usr/local/bin/

Download barkd:

wget https://gitlab.com/ark-bitcoin/bark/-/releases/bark-0.6.0/downloads/barkd-0.6.0-windows-x86_64.exe -OutFile barkd.exe

When using Windows, replace barkd with barkd.exe in the rest of the commands.

barkd --version

You should see: barkd 0.6.0

Clone the repository

git clone https://gitlab.com/ark-bitcoin/bark
cd bark

Install Rust

You need a Rust compiler. The rustup website offers installation instructions for almost any platform.

Install build dependencies

Download additional dependencies using your package manager.

apt update
apt install build-essential clang protobuf-compiler

yum install gcc make clang protobuf-compiler

brew install gcc make llvm@14 protobuf

winget install protobuf ezwinports.make LLVM.LLVM

nix develop

Requires the nix-command and flakes experimental features.

Build barkd

Use cargo build to produce the binary in target/, or cargo install to build and add it to your PATH in one step.

cargo build --bin barkd
./target/debug/barkd --version

cargo install --locked --path ./bark-cli --bin barkd
barkd --version

Verify installation

Run barkd --version to confirm the install completed successfully.