how to run eletrum after install on linux

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Quote from: nc50lc on April 13, 2020, 09:42:19 PM

Quote from: Lightning076 on April 13, 2020, 04:54:48 PM

And why electrum.org does not have a link to "requested features" so I should not have to find a place (here) on the web to complain about ?

You can ask Abdussamad (the author of your quoted post)<...>

I tried to, but...
User 'Abdussamad' has not chosen to allow messages from newbies.
I'll post a comment on bitcoinelectrum.com...

Quote from: nc50lc on April 13, 2020, 09:42:19 PM

<...>to include it in his Electrum unofficial guide.
Or create a feature request issue in the Github repository of the official guide: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-docs/blob/master/index.rst

If you haven't find the links to the guides, it's in here: https://electrum.org/#documentation

I read the official documentation : the location of 'electrum' after installation is not mentionned.
I posted a request on github.

Thank you.

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Quote from: Lightning076 on April 13, 2020, 04:54:48 PM

And why electrum.org does not have a link to "requested features" so I should not have to find a place (here) on the web to complain about ?

You can ask Abdussamad (the author of your quoted post) to include it in his Electrum unofficial guide.
Or create a feature request issue in the Github repository of the official guide: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-docs/blob/master/index.rst

If you haven't find the links to the guides, it's in here: https://electrum.org/#documentation

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Quote from: Abdussamad on March 08, 2020, 05:04:57 AM

Quote from: xvtstephen on March 01, 2020, 04:01:04 PM

WARNING: The script qr is installed in '/home/stephen/.local/bin' which is not on PATH.

you did a user install so you have to add that directory to your path variable or run electrum via /home/stephen/.local/bin/electrum. you can also create a shortcut to that app on the desktop.

I've just spend two hours searching the web to find out that 'python3 -m pip install --user Electrum-3.3.8.tar.gz' installs the executable in ~/.local/bin

Fuck it !!

Would it have been so hard to mention it on https://electrum.org/#download ?

I hope it's just an oblivion and that electrum developpers are not mentaly weak peoples...

And why electrum.org does not have a link to "requested features" so I should not have to find a place (here) on the web to complain about ?

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I installed following the instructions, but now there is nothing on my desktop or in the menu.
which electrum finds nothing.

could you please tell what distro?

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Quote from: xvtstephen on March 01, 2020, 04:01:04 PM

WARNING: The script qr is installed in '/home/stephen/.local/bin' which is not on PATH.

you did a user install so you have to add that directory to your path variable or run electrum via /home/stephen/.local/bin/electrum. you can also create a shortcut to that app on the desktop.

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Quote from: Husna QA on March 06, 2020, 06:06:23 PM

Quote from: xvtstephen on March 01, 2020, 04:01:04 PM

-snip-

Alternatively, if you use Ubuntu, you can also install it through the Ubuntu Software.
--snip--

Do you know who maintains it? Is it up to date? Other linux "store" such as Snap have very outdated version of Electrum.

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Quote from: xvtstephen on March 01, 2020, 04:01:04 PM

-snip-

~~Alternatively, if you use Ubuntu, you can also install it through the Ubuntu Software.~~
-snip-

Quote from: ABCbits on March 07, 2020, 01:59:12 AM

Do you know who maintains it? Is it up to date? Other linux "store" such as Snap have very outdated version of Electrum.

Ah, sorry, my mistake for not seeing the version first.

Please do not download this app. Check https://electrum.org/ site for latest version.

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Better to download Linux appimage from Sources and Binaries https://electrum.org/#download, then right click it to permission and tick Allow executing program as program, double click Appimage to open electrum.

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https://bit.ly/387FXHi lightning theory

Those look to just be warnings, it doesn't say it doesn't have them... To run electrum if you've installed from source you'll just need to ./electrum in either the bin or the install folder.

Alternatively: this site looks to give a way to make a desktop icon: https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/install-electrum-on-linux/

Specifically:

Code:

touch ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop
nano ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop

And add this code:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Electrum
Comment=Lightweight Bitcoin Wallet.
GenericName=Bitcoin Wallet.
Exec=/usr/local/bin/electrum
Icon=/opt/electrum/electrum-icon.png
Type=Application

And then ctrl+x, crtl+y,

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You need to re-login or restart the PC to be able to see the Electrum in the app launcher/menu.

After the restart, open the menu and search the Electrum as the image below.

If not, try to follow instruction "Installation from Python sources" on https://electrum.org/#download

Or follow the guide from here Install Electrum Bitcoin wallet on Ubuntu 18.04

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I installed following the instructions, but now there is nothing on my desktop or in the menu.
which electrum finds nothing.

Code:

Successfully built Electrum pyaes
Installing collected packages: pyaes, ecdsa, qrcode, protobuf, dnspython, jsonrpclib-pelix, qdarkstyle, aiorpcx, multidict, yarl, async-timeout, aiohttp, aiohttp-socks, Electrum
  WARNING: The script qr is installed in '/home/stephen/.local/bin' which is not on PATH.
  Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.
  WARNING: The script qdarkstyle is installed in '/home/stephen/.local/bin' which is not on PATH.
  Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.
Successfully installed Electrum-3.3.8 aiohttp-3.6.2 aiohttp-socks-0.3.4 aiorpcx-0.18.4 async-timeout-3.0.1 dnspython-1.16.0 ecdsa-0.15 jsonrpclib-pelix-0.4.0 multidict-4.7.5 protobuf-3.11.3 pyaes-1.6.1 qdarkstyle-2.6.8 qrcode-6.1 yarl-1.4.2
(base) :~/webprog$ which electrum
(base) :~/webprog$

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