Building the Lexe sidecar from source

Lexe provides precompiled binaries for the Lexe sidecar, but it can also be built from source if your platform is not supported or you prefer the extra security.

Steps

Install rustup:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

#  default host triple: default
#    default toolchain: stable
#              profile: default
# modify PATH variable: yes

Clone the lexe-public monorepo

git clone https://github.com/lexe-app/lexe-public
cd lexe-public

Build the sidecar and copy it to somewhere in PATH, for example /usr/local/bin:

cargo build --release -p sdk-sidecar --bin lexe-sidecar
sudo cp target/release/lexe-sidecar /usr/local/bin

Run the sidecar:

lexe-sidecar --help

Update the sidecar frequently to ensure your app continues to run smoothly:

cd lexe-public
git pull
cargo build --release -p sdk-sidecar --bin lexe-sidecar
sudo cp target/release/lexe-sidecar /usr/local/bin

See the Quickstart page for remaining setup.