How do i install bitcoind on my redhat linux server?

Question

I have recently created an api that runs the bitcoind commands. I had it running on another server, but it was setup by someone else. I have been searching for sensible instructions on how to install bitcoind on my new server, but can't find any.

Answer 1

git clone git://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
cd bitcoin/src/
make -f makefile.unix
sudo cp bitcoind /usr/local/bin

Answer 2

Install Git

sudo apt-get install git-core

Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian

Build requirements:

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

for Ubuntu 12.04+:

sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

db4.8 packages are available at: https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin

Ubuntu 12.10 has packages for libdb5.1-dev and libdb5.1++-dev, but using these will break binary wallet compatibility, and is not recommended.

for other Ubuntu & Debian:

sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev
sudo apt-get install libdb4.8++-dev
sudo apt-get install libboost1.37-dev

(If using Boost 1.37, append -mt to the boost libraries in the makefile)

Optional:

sudo apt-get install libminiupnpc-dev (see USE_UPNP compile flag)

Retrieve and compile Bitcoin source

git clone git://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
cd bitcoin/src/
make -f makefile.unix
sudo cp bitcoind /usr/local/bin

(much of this pulled directly from the build-unix.txt instructions)

Answer 3

From another site (SO clone - http://www.rugatu.com/questions/15712/how-to-install-bitcoind-in-linux):

Here the step-by-step setup. Follow the procedure as root, or as user but use sudo when needed. I'll use sudo here.

1) Add the experimental repository to get the latest version of bitcoind. To do so, run nano (or your preferred text editor) to open the sources.list:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

and add to the end of the file the following line:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main

save and exit.

2) Run the update:

sudo apt-get update

3) Install bitcoind from the experimental repo:

sudo apt-get install -t experimental bitcoind

4) comment out the experimental repo line in sources.list.

Answer 4

The easiest way is to just download an RPM that does all of this for you. I provide one on my website for both i686 and x86_64:

# 32 bit
yum install http://tvdw.eu/bitcoin-0.8.1-1.el6.i686.rpm
# 64 bit
yum install http://tvdw.eu/bitcoin-0.8.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

# Now you can just run the client
bitcoind

These RPMs aren't signed, so install them at your own risk.

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Don't want the RPM? Understandable. Get the compiled tarball from the bitcoin site (direct link)

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.1/bitcoin-0.8.1-linux.tar.gz/download
tar -xfv bitcoin-0.8.1-linux.tar.gz
cd bitcoin-0.8.1-linux
./32/bitcoind