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Topic: btcLiveTools, script for quickly setting up Debian Live CD (Read 892 times)

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After seeing the disturbing lack of signature files being used to authenticate client software, take a look at the download stats for bitcoin-qt, I decided to write a bash script that will properly download and validate client software.

btcLiveTools is a simple bash script that makes setting up a Debian Live CD environment for bitcoin use very quick and simple. It carries out the following tasks when installing your preferred bitcoin software:

  • Downloads the installation files from the software author.
  • Downloads the installation file signature files or hash files from the author.
  • Imports the author's public pgp key from pgp.mit.edu.
  • Validates that the downloaded files are genuine using the author's public key. If the validation fails the script fails with an error message.
  • The dependencies, if there are any, are downloaded using the default Debian repositories using apt.
  • The software installer for the software chosen will be ran.

Currently btcLiveTools provides the option to install the following software:

  • MultiBit
  • Bitcoin-Qt
  • Electrum
  • Armory
  • Truecrypt Encryption software


https://github.com/bitmagi/btcLiveTools
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