How do I deploy a program to Solana - Solana/Rust

Question

I am attempting to run the HelloWorld Solana program. I have cloned this repo. I have started the project with

solana-test-validator

I ran npm install and then was able to build the rust project with

npm run build:program-rust

I can see the .so file in the directory /dist/program/helloworld.so. When I try to deploy the program to Solana, I run

solana program deploy dist/program/helloworld.so

And here is the error I get

Error: Dynamic program error: No such file or directory (os error 2)

Although I have confirmed it is there, it cannot locate the file. I tried the entire path, but I still receive the same issue. The libs have been cleaned and reinstalled, however, that didn't help.

What should I attempt next?

Answer 1

A couple things to make sure of:

1. The localhost (as opposed to devnet) is set via solana config set --url localhost

2. You have generated a new keypair solana-keygen new

Answer 2

This will likely be Because your terminal's current working directory is not the parent directory of the dist Folder.