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Topic: How to install on Debian? (Read 918 times)

newbie
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June 26, 2014, 04:50:03 PM
#5
Step 1: Download the tarball from https://bitcoin.org/en/download.
Step 2: Extract /bin/32/bitcoin* from the tarball to /usr/bin/ or some other suitable location (you'll need to be root to do this).
Step 3: Run bitcoin-qt (not as root).
Brilliant!

Thank you, no idea why I couldn't manage that without help ;^/

~S
legendary
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Vile Vixen and Miss Bitcointalk 2021-2023
June 26, 2014, 12:27:00 AM
#4
Step 1: Download the tarball from https://bitcoin.org/en/download.
Step 2: Extract /bin/32/bitcoin* from the tarball to /usr/bin/ or some other suitable location (you'll need to be root to do this).
Step 3: Run bitcoin-qt (not as root).
newbie
Activity: 8
Merit: 0
June 23, 2014, 06:37:01 PM
#3
It looks like you would need to add the experimental version from sid.
That looks like a 64bit version, I'm on 32bit (not that I have the faintest idea what to do with that link anyway ;^/

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But you don't need Bitcoin-QT to mine.
You could install any miner program e.g. bfgminer and point it to a mining pool e.g. Eligius.

I would recommend you install Electrum.
It's a easy and fast client with no need for the initial blockchain download.
And it has deterministic address generation from a seed.
Thanks I'll have a play with that after I get the wallet up and running ;^>

~S
hero member
Activity: 619
Merit: 500
June 23, 2014, 11:08:15 AM
#2
It looks like you would need to add the experimental version from sid.

But you don't need Bitcoin-QT to mine.
You could install any miner program e.g. bfgminer and point it to a mining pool e.g. Eligius.

I would recommend you install Electrum.
It's a easy and fast client with no need for the initial blockchain download.
And it has deterministic address generation from a seed.
newbie
Activity: 8
Merit: 0
June 23, 2014, 08:40:15 AM
#1

Hi Guys

Uber-newbie problem here, I want to install Bitcoin-Qt (possibly and bitcoind) on a 32bit installation of Debian (wheezy), but I just can't manage it. I have followed several how-to's that google turned up, but they all fail at some point or other (assuming because they are old and now out of date). I did fancy having a go at mining at some point, but as I can't even get a wallet installed successfully, that may never happen LOL

Can somebody point me to a simple step by step process that is up to date and known to work that will show me how to do this?

Thanks

~S
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