Install Rust and Cargo (Rust's package manager):

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
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rustc --version
cargo --version
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Update Rust

rustup update
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sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y build-essential pkg-config
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sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
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cd ~/Downloads
wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v21.12/protoc-21.12-linux-x86_64.zip
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unzip protoc-21.12-linux-x86_64.zip -d protoc_tmp
sudo mv protoc_tmp/bin/protoc /usr/local/bin/
sudo mv protoc_tmp/include/* /usr/local/include/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/protoc
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sudo apt install -y git
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cd ~
git clone https://github.com/KomodoPlatform/komodo-defi-framework.git
cd komodo-defi-framework
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cargo build --release
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On fail...

cd ~/komodo-defi-framework
cargo clean
cargo build --release
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warning: the following packages contain code that will be rejected by a future version of Rust: fs_extra v1.2.0, nom v6.1.2

note: to see what the problems were, use the option `--future-incompat-report`, or run `cargo report future-incompatibilities --id 1`

ls target/release/kdf
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target/release/kdf

./target/release/kdf
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26 09:51:47, mm2:300] Komodo DeFi Framework 2.5.0-beta_fbab8ec85 DT 2025-07-26T08:42:38.514475365+00:00

26 09:51:47, mm2:303] File '/home/x/.kdf/MM2.json' is not present.

mkdir -p /home/x/.kdf
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nano /home/x/.kdf/MM2.json
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{
  "gui": "BNB_ZEC_Swap",
  "netid": 8762,
  "seednodes": [
    "seed01.kmdefi.net",
    "seed02.kmdefi.net",
    "seed03.kmdefi.net",
    "seed04.kmdefi.net"
  ],
  "passphrase": "YOUR_SECURE_SEED_PHRASE_HERE",  e.g scissors prepare replace rate destroy average pledge leg case ankle brave fatal
  "rpc_password": "YourUniqueP@ssw0rd123!",
  "allow_weak_password": false,
  "dbdir": "/home/x/.kdf/DB",
  "enable_hd": true
}
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Go to https://iancoleman.io/bip39/ and create a bip39 seed phrase to place into nano /home/x/.kdf/MM2.json

chmod 600 /home/x/.kdf/MM2.json
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export PATH=$PATH:~/komodo-defi-framework/bin
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export KOMODEFI_CLI_ROOT=/home/x/.kdf
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./target/release/kdf
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26 10:04:19, mm2:300] Komodo DeFi Framework 2.5.0-beta_fbab8ec85 DT 2025-07-26T08:42:38.514475365+00:00

26 10:04:19, mm2:303] File '/home/x/.kdf/coins' is not present.

cd /home/x/.kdf
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KomodoPlatform/coins/master/coins -O coins
chmod 600 coins
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export MM_CONF_PATH=/home/x/.kdf/MM2.json
export MM_COINS_PATH=/home/x/.kdf/coins
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cd ~/komodo-defi-framework/
./target/release/kdf
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