Topic: change data directory on Ubuntu (Read 1055 times)

matt4054

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Quote from: anon4250158 on March 18, 2015, 04:53:30 AM

It's so easy on Windows, but I know next to nothing about Ubuntu.

It's the same procedure in Windows or Linux, actually, only the location of the bitcoin.conf file changes.

Locate your bitcoin.conf file, it should be ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf

If you're not familiar with the UNIX filesystem paths and hierarchy, and/or using the GUI:

~ is your home directory, i.e. /home/
.bitcoin is a hidden directory, so you may need to change display settings if it's not showing up

Then use your favorite editor and add or edit this line:

Code:

datadir=////

anon4250158

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I installed bitcoin-qt on Ubuntu 14.04, and when I first ran it it asked if I wanted to use the default directory or a custom one. I want to use a custom one, but I entered the directory path incorrectly. Now whenever I open bitcoin-qt it gives me the "error opening block database- do you want to rebuild?" message. How do I change the data directory? It's so easy on Windows, but I know next to nothing about Ubuntu.

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