user100387: Hello fellow bitcoiners,
I would like to install lightning over Bitcoin core - I already have a full node. But every guide I follow ends up with a broken build or some issue preventing to finish the install of lightning. Did you have success with a good howto by any chance? I would preciate if someone could post a proven working install howto.
Thank you very much, /cr!?ptal

user81940: You can do
sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -u ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo add-apt-repository -u ppa:lightningnetwork/ppa
sudo apt-get install bitcoind lightningd

If you don't want to add external repositories you can flollow the clightning docs from https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/blob/master/doc/INSTALL.md they worked perfectly last time I checked and are copied here for your convenience. 
Library Requirements
You will need several development libraries:

libsqlite3: for database support.
libgmp: for secp256k1
zlib: for compression routines.

For actually doing development and running the tests, you will also need:

pip3: to install python-bitcoinlib
valgrind: for extra debugging checks

You will also need a version of bitcoind with segregated witness and estimatesmartfee economical node, such as the 0.16 or above.
To Build on Ubuntu
OS version: Ubuntu 15.10 or above
Get dependencies:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y \
  autoconf automake build-essential git libtool libgmp-dev \
  libsqlite3-dev python python3 python3-mako net-tools zlib1g-dev libsodium-dev \
  git gettext

Clone lightning:
git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git
cd lightning

For development or running tests, get additional dependencies:
sudo apt-get install -y valgrind python3-pip libpq-dev
sudo pip3 install -r tests/requirements.txt -r doc/requirements.txt

Build lightning:
./configure
make
sudo make install

Running lightning:
bitcoind --datadir=<path_to_blockchain> && ./lightningd/lightningd && ./cli/lightning-cli help

Note: You may need to include testnet=1 in bitcoin.conf

100387: <p>Hello fellow bitcoiners,</p>

<p>I would like to install lightning over Bitcoin core - I already have a full node. But every guide I follow ends up with a broken build or some issue preventing to finish the install of lightning. Did you have success with a good howto by any chance? I would preciate if someone could post a proven working install howto.</p>

<p>Thank you very much, /cr!?ptal</p>
 81940: <p>You can do</p>

<pre><code>sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -u ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo add-apt-repository -u ppa:lightningnetwork/ppa
sudo apt-get install bitcoind lightningd
</code></pre>

<p>If you don't want to add external repositories you can flollow the clightning docs from <a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/blob/master/doc/INSTALL.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/blob/master/doc/INSTALL.md</a> they worked perfectly last time I checked and are copied here for your convenience. </p>

<h2>Library Requirements</h2>

<p>You will need several development libraries:</p>

<ul>
<li>libsqlite3: for database support.</li>
<li>libgmp: for secp256k1</li>
<li>zlib: for compression routines.</li>
</ul>

<p>For actually doing development and running the tests, you will also need:</p>

<ul>
<li>pip3: to install python-bitcoinlib</li>
<li>valgrind: for extra debugging checks</li>
</ul>

<p>You will also need a version of bitcoind with segregated witness and <code>estimatesmartfee</code> economical node, such as the 0.16 or above.</p>

<h2>To Build on Ubuntu</h2>

<p>OS version: Ubuntu 15.10 or above</p>

<p>Get dependencies:</p>

<pre><code>sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y \
  autoconf automake build-essential git libtool libgmp-dev \
  libsqlite3-dev python python3 python3-mako net-tools zlib1g-dev libsodium-dev \
  git gettext
</code></pre>

<p>Clone lightning:</p>

<pre><code>git clone https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning.git
cd lightning
</code></pre>

<p>For development or running tests, get additional dependencies:</p>

<pre><code>sudo apt-get install -y valgrind python3-pip libpq-dev
sudo pip3 install -r tests/requirements.txt -r doc/requirements.txt
</code></pre>

<p>Build lightning:</p>

<pre><code>./configure
make
sudo make install
</code></pre>

<p>Running lightning:</p>

<pre><code>bitcoind --datadir=&lt;path_to_blockchain&gt; &amp;&amp; ./lightningd/lightningd &amp;&amp; ./cli/lightning-cli help
</code></pre>

<p><strong>Note</strong>: You may need to include <code>testnet=1</code> in <code>bitcoin.conf</code></p>
