Installation

There are multiple ways to install the zallet binary. The table below has a summary of the simplest options:

Help from new packagers is very welcome. However, please note that Zallet is currently ALPHA software, and is rapidly changing. If you create a Zallet package before the 1.0.0 production release, please ensure you mark it as alpha software and regularly update it.

Pre-compiled binaries

WARNING: This approach does not have automatic updates.

Executable binaries are available for download on the GitHub Releases page.

Build from source using Rust

WARNING: This approach does not have automatic updates.

To build Zallet from source, you will first need to install Rust and Cargo. Follow the instructions on the Rust installation page. Zallet currently requires at least Rust version 1.85.

WARNING: The following does not yet work because Zallet cannot be published to crates.io while it has unpublished dependencies. This will be fixed during the alpha phase. In the meantime, follow the instructions to install the latest development version.

Once you have installed Rust, the following command can be used to build and install Zallet:

cargo install zallet

This will automatically download Zallet from crates.io, build it, and install it in Cargo's global binary directory (~/.cargo/bin/ by default).

To update, run cargo install zallet again. It will check if there is a newer version, and re-install Zallet if a new version is found. You will need to shut down and restart any running Zallet instances to apply the new version.

To uninstall, run the command cargo uninstall zallet. This will only uninstall the binary, and will not alter any existing wallet datadir.

Installing the latest development version

If you want to run the latest unpublished changes, then you can instead install Zallet directly from the main branch of its code repository:

cargo install --git https://github.com/zcash/wallet.git