fix beginner setup/instructions for playground config

.github/workflows/checks.yaml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           version: nightly
 
       - name: Install native dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y libsqlite3-dev
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libsqlite3-dev
 
       - name: Lint
         run: make lint

README.md

@@ -84,15 +84,22 @@ You can use [builder-playground](https://github.com/flashbots/builder-playground
 
 First, start [builder-playground](https://github.com/flashbots/builder-playground):
 
-```
+```bash
 git clone [email protected]:flashbots/builder-playground.git
 cd builder-playground
 go run main.go
 ```
 
-Then, run `rbuilder` using the `config-playground.toml` config file:
+Next, update `config-playground.toml` with fully-qualified paths for entries containing `$HOME`:
 
+```bash
+# replaces '$HOME' with the actual value of "$HOME"
+sed -i "s|\$HOME|$HOME|g" config-playground.toml
 ```
+
+Then run `rbuilder` using the `config-playground.toml` config file:
+
+```bash
 cargo run --bin rbuilder run config-playground.toml
 ```
 

config-playground.toml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ coinbase_secret_key = "ac0974bec39a17e36ba4a6b4d238ff944bacb478cbed5efcae784d7bf
 cl_node_url = ["http://localhost:3500"]
 jsonrpc_server_port = 8645
 jsonrpc_server_ip = "0.0.0.0"
-el_node_ipc_path = "/tmp/reth.ipc"
+el_node_ipc_path = "$HOME/.playground/devnet/reth.ipc"
 extra_data = "⚡🤖"
 
 dry_run = false

crates/rbuilder/src/live_builder/base_config.rs

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ impl BaseConfig {
             watchdog_timeout: self.watchdog_timeout(),
             error_storage_path: self.error_storage_path.clone(),
             simulation_threads: self.simulation_threads,
-            order_input_config: OrderInputConfig::from_config(self),
+            order_input_config: OrderInputConfig::from_config(self)?,
             blocks_source: slot_source,
             chain_chain_spec: self.chain_spec()?,
             provider,

crates/rbuilder/src/live_builder/order_input/mod.rs

@@ -123,17 +123,20 @@ impl OrderInputConfig {
             input_channel_buffer_size,
         }
     }
-    pub fn from_config(config: &BaseConfig) -> Self {
-        OrderInputConfig {
+
+    pub fn from_config(config: &BaseConfig) -> eyre::Result<Self> {
+        let el_node_ipc_path = expand_path(config.el_node_ipc_path.clone())?;
+
+        Ok(OrderInputConfig {
             ignore_cancellable_orders: config.ignore_cancellable_orders,
             ignore_blobs: config.ignore_blobs,
-            ipc_path: config.el_node_ipc_path.clone(),
+            ipc_path: el_node_ipc_path,
             server_port: config.jsonrpc_server_port,
             server_ip: config.jsonrpc_server_ip(),
             serve_max_connections: 4096,
             results_channel_timeout: Duration::from_millis(50),
             input_channel_buffer_size: 10_000,
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     pub fn default_e2e() -> Self {
@@ -288,3 +291,11 @@ where
 
     Ok((handle, subscriber))
 }
+
+pub fn expand_path(path: PathBuf) -> eyre::Result<PathBuf> {
+    let path_str = path
+        .to_str()
+        .ok_or_else(|| eyre::eyre!("Invalid UTF-8 in path"))?;
+
+    Ok(PathBuf::from(shellexpand::full(path_str)?.into_owned()))
+}