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Topic: Problems compiling bitcoin on Fedora 19 (Read 1785 times)

legendary
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September 17, 2014, 02:32:47 AM
#9

I don't mind sharing, but it is a long time ago and I'm on a different Linux now, so I don't remember. Given my level of computer expertise I probably searched for some guide and followed that.

Maybe this one: http://www.x86linux.org/wiki/index.php/Bitcoin_on_Fedora_18 ?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bitcoin+fedora+secp256k1+openssl+build&t=canonical

tanx for that ...

i have seen/read some of the articles and patches - but am still at wits end as to how to implement it without inherently changing the OS itself ...

openssl ( fedora hobble ) is intrinsic to the OS - so a separate compile seems to be the only way without damaging everything in fedora 20 ...

wtf were these guys thinking - and over what ... a 'possible' legal issue over a curve?

what next - an amd catalyst driver drop from rpmfusion repos ... ?

oops - spoke way too late there huh?

crysx
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September 17, 2014, 01:59:14 AM
#8

I don't mind sharing, but it is a long time ago and I'm on a different Linux now, so I don't remember. Given my level of computer expertise I probably searched for some guide and followed that.

Maybe this one: http://www.x86linux.org/wiki/index.php/Bitcoin_on_Fedora_18 ?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bitcoin+fedora+secp256k1+openssl+build&t=canonical
legendary
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September 17, 2014, 01:06:54 AM
#7

I had it running on 18. IIRC it involved building OpenSSL.

how did you end up doing it? if you dont mind sharing that?

fedora 20 is quite pedantic ...

tanx,

crsyx
legendary
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September 16, 2014, 07:22:23 AM
#6

I had it running on 18. IIRC it involved building OpenSSL.
legendary
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September 16, 2014, 06:37:15 AM
#5
has anyone found a solution to this issue - or a workaround?

im finding the same issues with compiling ...

fedora 19 and fedora 20 have the same issues - both 64bit ...

anyone have any other input?

tanx,

crysx
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April 23, 2014, 03:52:38 PM
#4
I am working on compiling various coins from source on Centos and I would also be curious if anyone has a good solution/workflow for getting a RedHat/Fedora/Centos box prepared for cryptocurrency compilations. 
newbie
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December 17, 2013, 08:05:51 AM
#3
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Thanks. Is there any known workaround or tutorial for this?
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December 12, 2013, 04:53:39 PM
#2
Bitcoin uses an elliptical curve cryptography method for signing it's keys. The curve is known as secp256k1 and due to licenses issues isn't supported on Fedora.
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December 12, 2013, 04:45:14 PM
#1
Hi!

I'm trying to compile bitcoin-qt on Fedora 19. The compilation works just fine. But when I try to start bitcoin-qt or bitcoind, I get this error:
bitcoind: key.cpp:134: {anonymous}::CECKey::CECKey(): Assertion `pkey != __null' failed.

I googled it but found nothing. What does that mean?
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