tendermint/INSTALL/README.md

Dependencies

Install the dependencies. install_env.sh:

#!/bin/bash
# Run this as super user
# This part is for installing go language and setting up a user account
apt-get update -y
apt-get upgrade -y
apt-get install -y make screen gcc git mercurial libc6-dev pkg-config libgmp-dev
useradd tmuser -d /home/tmuser
usermod -aG sudo tmuser
mkdir /home/tmuser
chown -R tmuser /home/tmuser
su tmuser

Install Go

Install Go separately, from here: http://golang.org/doc/install or Don't use apt-get install golang, it's still on an old version. install_golang.sh:

#!/bin/bash
# Run this as tmuser user
# This part is for installing go

if [ `whoami` != "root" ];
then
  cd /home/tmuser
  mkdir gocode
  wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.4.2.src.tar.gz
  tar -xzvf go*.tar.gz
  cd go/src
  ./make.bash
  cd /home/tmuser
  cp /etc/skel/.bashrc .
  mkdir -p /home/tmuser/go/src
  echo 'export GOROOT=/home/tmuser/go' >> /home/tmuser/.bashrc
  echo 'export GOPATH=/home/tmuser/gocode' >> /home/tmuser/.bashrc
  echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin' >> /home/tmuser/.bashrc
  source /home/tmuser/.bashrc
else
  echo "should not be root to run install_golang.sh"
fi

Install/Update Tendermint

go install github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/tendermint # install
go get -u github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/tendermint  # update

Check out the Developer Quick Start to learn more.