Debian/Ubuntu packages for MultiBit?

Andreas Schildbach

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Quote from: cp1 on July 11, 2013, 12:00:11 PM

Oh and all the bitcoin-qt packages I used to find were all outdated. If you want bitcoin-qt it's better to just compile it yourself.

I'm not sure what you mean with "outdated". Sure, if you're into getting the latest development build, nothing beats fetching the code from git and compiling yourself.

If you're interested in just releases, which is what I expect most users fit into, adding this PPA will always upgrade you very timely (as I said, mostly on release day):

https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin

Mike Hearn

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I wouldn't want it as a replacement for the existing native packages/installers, but if you offered a JNLP option I'd be tempted to use it, especially as it can generate start menu/platform specific launchers and do auto updates. Might be worth experimenting with. You'd need a code signing cert recognised by every platform though (so ... not the apple CA).

jim618

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That JWS launcher looks pretty capable.

Mike Hearn

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The JavaFX bundler can create deb files anyway, look at the intellij help for instance:

http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/java-fx-tab.html

The nice thing about the java web start launcher is that it can download updates in the background when the app is running, so users get automatically upgraded.

cp1

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Stop using branwallets

I don't mind it -- it's really the same to install as a jar as it is a deb. I wonder what goes into making a .deb package.

Oh and all the bitcoin-qt packages I used to find were all outdated. If you want bitcoin-qt it's better to just compile it yourself.

Mike Hearn

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This is a self solving problem - people who use Linux will realise they're using the wrong client when it takes days to sync, go to bitcoin.org, find MultiBit and use that.

We definitely do NOT want Debian or any other Linux distributor to package MultiBit. They will break it, old versions will get frozen into distro releases, they are very likely to try and "improve" it in ways that introduce security holes and generally there are no advantages at all.

Jim could run his own apt repository if he wanted. But just hosting a JNLP file would do the trick too, I think. JWS can create desktop launchers and handle auto update itself.

jim618

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I couldn't agree more.

Just don't have the time/ current knowledge to do it.
(As I would also have to learn what to do too as I am not a Linux afficionado).

It's a nice self contained task that could be picked off by A.N.Other.

:-)

Andreas Schildbach

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At some point, the end-user facing Linux distros like Ubuntu will be going to decide which Bitcoin client to install by default for their users.

At the moment, this decision will almost certainly be in favor of bitcoin-qt, because it already gets packaged very timely (usually the same day as the release).

jim618

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Hi Andreas,

No unfortunately.
The Linux installation is the weakest out of Win and Mac.

I agree it would be a lot more convenient for it to have proper Linux packaging.

Andreas Schildbach

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Are there any .deb packages for MultiBit? I generally prefer installing via apt to installing via a custom installer.

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