# Minotari base node
# OSX
## Installation from binaries
If you've downloaded binaries from [the Tari homepage](https://tari.com/downloads), then installing the base node is
relatively simple.
1. Extract the contents of the zip archive to a convenient location (e.g. `/Users/your_name/tari_node`). Since you're
reading this file, you've probably done this already.
2. Give the `minotari_node` executable permission to run on your machine. Right-click on the `minotari_node`
executable in Finder, select `Open`, and then click `Open`. The node will exit with an error, but this is fine; all
we wanted to do is tell your Mac that it's ok to run this program.
3. Run `install.sh` by double clicking on it, or entering `./install.sh` in a terminal.
4. When you see the node prompt, you're good to go!
```
>> help
Available commands are:
help, version, get-chain-metadata, list-peers, reset-offline-peers, ban-peer, unban-peer, list-connections, list-headers,
check-db, calc-timing, discover-peer, get-block, search-utxo, search-kernel, search-stxo, get-mempool-stats,
get-mempool-state, whoami, get-state-info, quit, exit
```
### Prerequisites
#### Linux
```
sudo apt-get install git curl build-essential cmake clang pkg-config libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
```
### From source
```
cargo install minotari_node
```
## Configuration