Example for Bitcoin Core version 29.0:
Just copy and past the 4 lines below in a terminal (Ctrl Alt T) and press Enter:
git clone https://github.com/hMsats/compile_bitcoin_core.git;\
cd compile_bitcoin_core;\
chmod +x maken.sh;\
./maken.sh 29.0
to install the bash script, execute the script and download, compile and test Bitcoin Core version 29.0 in your Ubuntu Linux home directory. You may have to answer a few questions.
Find bitcoind, bitcoin-cli and bitcoin-qt in $HOME/bitcoin-29.0/build/bin
All Bitcoin Core tests are run (for bitcoind and bitcoin-qt).
The necessary ubuntu packages are installed.
Bitcoin Core 29.0 or higher uses cmake.
This compiled version uses descriptor wallets.
Bitcoin Core is downloaded from https://bitcoincore.org/bin.
Total compilation time will be on the order of an hour.
The shell script name "maken" means "to make" in Dutch.
Extra:
To compile Bitcoin Core for legacy wallets, use maken_legacy_wallets.sh which also downloads and compiles BERKELEY-DB necessary for legacy wallets.
For Bitcoin Core 28.1 and lower autotools is applied, while for 29.0 or higher cmake.
For Bitcoin Core versions 28.1 or lower find bitcoind and bitcoin-cli in $HOME/bitcoin-28.1/src and bitcoin-qt in $HOME/bitcoin-28.1/src/qt For version 29.0 and higher find bitcoind, bitcoin-cli and bitcoin-qt in $HOME/bitcoin-29.0/build/bin