bitcoin/doc/dependencies.md
Ava Chow 2123c94448
Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#30527: Bump python minimum supported version to 3.10
fa1b139d17 Bump python minimum supported version to 3.10 (MarcoFalke)

Pull request description:

  All supported operating systems ship with python 3.10 (or later), so bumping the minimum should not cause any issues. A bump will allow new code to use new python features.

  For reference:
  * https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/python3
  * https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/python3
  * FreeBSD 13/14 ships with 3.11
  * CentOS-like 8/9 ships with 3.11/3.12 (via `appstream`)
  * OpenSuse Tumbleweed ships with all python versions, e.g. https://software.opensuse.org/package/python312-base

  This is for Bitcoin Core 29.0 in 2025 (next year), not the soon upcoming 28.0 this fall.

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Dependencies

These are the dependencies used by Bitcoin Core. You can find installation instructions in the build-*.md file for your platform. "Runtime" and "Version Used" are both in reference to the release binaries.

Dependency Minimum required
Clang 16.0
CMake 3.22
GCC 11.1
Python (scripts, tests) 3.10
systemtap (tracing) N/A

Required

Dependency Releases Version used Minimum required Runtime
Boost link 1.81.0 1.73.0 No
libevent link 2.1.12-stable 2.1.8 No
glibc link N/A 2.31 Yes
Linux Kernel link N/A 3.17.0 Yes

Optional

GUI

Dependency Releases Version used Minimum required Runtime
Fontconfig link 2.12.6 2.6 Yes
FreeType link 2.11.0 2.3.0 Yes
qrencode link 4.1.1 No
Qt link 5.15.14 5.11.3 No

Networking

Dependency Releases Version used Minimum required Runtime
MiniUPnPc link 2.2.7 2.1 No

Notifications

Dependency Releases Version used Minimum required Runtime
ZeroMQ link 4.3.4 4.0.0 No

Wallet

Dependency Releases Version used Minimum required Runtime
Berkeley DB (legacy wallet) link 4.8.30 4.8.x No
SQLite link 3.38.5 3.7.17 No