core Lightning – Building/Running CLN on Debian 11

Is there a way to build or run CLN on Debian 11? The docs/INSTALL.md file lists several operating systems, but Debian is not one of them.

I tried following Ubuntu’s instructions, but I got the following error:

cd external/libwally-core && ./tools/autogen.sh
/bin/sh: 1: ./tools/autogen.sh: not found
make: *** (external/Makefile:83: external/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwally-core-build/src/libwallycore.la) Error 127

A docker image would work in my case, or even a pre-compiled version with all the necessary libraries linked. Does such a build exist in CLN? So where can you find it?

Ultimately, you will need to restore the CLN nodes and wallets running on the system where the hardware failure occurred. CLN was shut down gracefully before the hardware failure, so it should work, but the only system available for the foreseeable future will be one running Debian 11.