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Topic: Electrum Linux (Read 174 times)

legendary
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January 21, 2018, 03:06:28 AM
#3
I've heard that arch has the latest packages in its repos however when it comes to other distros it is best to install from source using pip3. That's because electrum has a very fast release cycle while distro package maintainers don't release as often so you get outdated packages on distro repos.

I use opensuse myself but debian is good too Smiley
legendary
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Merit: 10611
January 21, 2018, 12:47:51 AM
#2
i am no linux expert but it is not a .deb file, it is  a tarball (tar.gz file) that you can download from the official website Electrum.org and install that[1]

if you want to move to Ubuntu, it is a good distro with a lot of history and a lot of users. you can find a lot of help because of that. it is easy to use and has a lot of "flavors" that you can choose from if you don't want the heavy DE. for example LUbuntu is the light version of it which uses LXDE desktop.

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/9457/installing-a-targz/
newbie
Activity: 21
Merit: 0
January 20, 2018, 07:02:30 PM
#1
which linux do you use? have fedora tested but since I can not deb. install files.

do you recommend ubuntu?

Thank you Smiley
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