# How to deploy the ICP Ledger locally?

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-deploy-the-icp-ledger-locally/4183>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [May 22, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-deploy-the-icp-ledger-locally/4183 "2021-05-22T16:15:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![flyq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/flyq/32/3637_2.png) [@flyq](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/flyq)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-deploy-the-icp-ledger-locally/4183/2 "2021-05-23T01:32:58Z")

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> [@How to call the canister by dfx using candid file?](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/how-to-call-the-canister-by-dfx-using-candid-file/4022/2):
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> dfx cannot fetch did files for external canisters. We are adding better support for this. For now, the work around is to put type annotations for all numbers, e.g. amount=record {e8s=110000:nat64}

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