On Linux it needs libgtk2.0-0 installed
Will this requirement be removed sometime? I'd rather not have to deal with GTK.It saves us butchering everything with ifdefs and a separate compile and binary to use wxBase just to try to avoid linking GTK.
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It saves us butchering everything with ifdefs and a separate compile and binary to use wxBase just to try to avoid linking GTK.
* madhatter2 pulls out razor sharp hex editor
Gtk is required by the GUI, so it must be linked if you want to use the same binary. Making a separate binary is another option, dunno how much code tweaking and ifdeffing that would take.
On Linux it needs libgtk2.0-0 installed
Will this requirement be removed sometime? I'd rather not have to deal with GTK.
Oh thank you!
You have no idea how badly I needed something like this.
I will have a payment library built in no time.
You have no idea how badly I needed something like this.
I will have a payment library built in no time.
Version 0.2.6 on SVN can now run as a daemon and be controlled by command line or JSON-RPC.
On Linux it needs libgtk2.0-0 installed, but does not need a GUI running. Hopefully gtk can be installed without having a windowing system installed.
The command to start as a daemon is:
bitcoin -daemon [switches...]
Or, to run the UI normally and also be able to control it from command line or JSON-RPC, use the "-server" switch.
bitcoin -server [switches...]
With either switch, it runs an HTTP JSON-RPC server that accepts local socket connections on 127.0.0.1:8332. The port is bound to loopback and can only be accessed from the local machine, but from any account, not just the user it's running under.
To control it from the command line, the interface is a command name without any switches, followed by parameters if any.
bitcoin [params...]
For example:
bitcoin getinfo
bitcoin getdifficulty
bitcoin setgenerate true
bitcoin stop
It's a simple JSON-RPC client and prints the JSON result. Look at rpc.cpp for the list of commands.
Web apps or anything automated will normally use JSON-RPC directly, not command line. There are JSON-RPC libraries for all the major languages. In script languages like PHP and Python the syntax is as natural as calling a local function.
On Linux it needs libgtk2.0-0 installed, but does not need a GUI running. Hopefully gtk can be installed without having a windowing system installed.
The command to start as a daemon is:
bitcoin -daemon [switches...]
Or, to run the UI normally and also be able to control it from command line or JSON-RPC, use the "-server" switch.
bitcoin -server [switches...]
With either switch, it runs an HTTP JSON-RPC server that accepts local socket connections on 127.0.0.1:8332. The port is bound to loopback and can only be accessed from the local machine, but from any account, not just the user it's running under.
To control it from the command line, the interface is a command name without any switches, followed by parameters if any.
bitcoin
For example:
bitcoin getinfo
bitcoin getdifficulty
bitcoin setgenerate true
bitcoin stop
It's a simple JSON-RPC client and prints the JSON result. Look at rpc.cpp for the list of commands.
Web apps or anything automated will normally use JSON-RPC directly, not command line. There are JSON-RPC libraries for all the major languages. In script languages like PHP and Python the syntax is as natural as calling a local function.
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