Questions tagged [ubuntu]
Questions about Bitcoin in the context of the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
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How to compile and conduct functional tests of Bitcoin core for CPU (32 bit) and memory constrained system?
I wanted to use my old laptop to run a bitcoin full node.
Specifications:
Processor: Intel Core2Duo @2.2 GHz i686
OS: Lubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (I have tried first on Lubuntu 16.04, but it failed due to ...
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What is the smallest ubuntu virtualbox image to run cryptocurrency software on?
I'm looking to do all my crypto related stuff like storing coins and managing my coin wallets inside a virtualbox. I plan to use ubuntu as it seems most friendly with many crypto coins. What is the ...
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ubuntu usb drivers to run bfgminer
Been racking the brain forever, ubuntu noob, but wiped W7 for Ubuntu, updated and upgraded, checked out bfgminer and cgminer, both when running good .bat file with good pool, but they say no device?
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Just installed bitcoin, but it won't connect
Total newbie at bitcoin; long time Linux user.
kubuntu precise 64: My first attempt was just to download it (a slightly older version than the one from the ppa below), untar it and run the executable....
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How to Install bitcoind 0.7.2 Server on Ubuntu for bitcoin-testnet-box
I am trying to setup a private test net with the source at:
https://github.com/freewil/bitcoin-testnet-box
However, it requires bitcoind 0.7.2 (the latest version is 0.8.0).
I tried installing 0.7.2 ...
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Bitcoin Core Unbuntu Custom Data Directory Does not Navigate to Secondary Internal Hard Drive
I have a laptop computer with 2 solid state internal 1000 GB hard drives. I have the operating system installed on drive 1 and I have the secondary drive formatted (ext4 file system), partitioned and ...
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Automatically restarting bitcoind five minutes after reboot on ubuntu
How can I run bitcoind automatically five minutes after restart?
So far I have crontab set up to reboot my computer every morning at 4AM (it runs into issues when it stays on for more than a couple ...
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Electrum + Trezor - Rename address labels only allows one label to be defined
Using Electrum 2.3.3 on Ubuntu 14.04.2 with a Trezor (firmware 1.3.3), I'm having trouble with the account labels.
When I rename an account, it displays the new label. However, when I rename another ...
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upgrading bitcoind (-qt) from 0.9.3 to 0.10
I have version 0.9.3 of bitcoind (-qt) on my Ubuntu server and I want to
upgrade to 0.10.0, I just want to keep the blockchain and I have nothing in my wallet.
from https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0....
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Error While making windows.exe using gitian build?
Actually I'm making a logos windows exe (logosd and logos-qt) following the release process, which is mention on below path on any coin you can find that path, I'm working logos LGS Coin that's why I'...
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How I make a portable version of Bitcoin for Ubuntu?
I want to create a bitcoin wallet executable file in Ubuntu with all its dependencies. So when use that file from some other system it will work perfectly.
How I make a portable version of Bitcoin ...
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Multi GPU mining broken since upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04
This is related to scrypt mining.
I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 and after a bit of a hassle I have got almost everything working, except my mining. The issue seems to be a mismatch between OpenCL and ...
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JSON-RPC "couldn't connect to server" via bitcoind CLI (curl works fine)
This is an odd one. I am running bitcoind 0.9.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 and have this behaviour:
Doesn't work:
$ bitcoind getinfo
error: couldn't connect to server
(timeout after 30s)
Works fine:
$ curl -...
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Using bfgminer on an Intel GPU on Ubuntu 12.04
I am currently running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on an i5 core and Ivy Bridge GPU. Using bfgminer I have successfully mined on my CPU, but my GPU is never recognized. I have installed OpenCl for Intel ...
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ATI GPU for mining with display attached to integrated graphics?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I'd like to attach my monitor to the onboard Intel graphic and have my GPU (ATI 67xx) for mining solely.
So far I'm struggling with setting up the ATI GPU. Do I need to ...
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Help setting up phoenix miner on Ubuntu 12.04 - getting a seg fault
I'm roughly following this guide. The only big difference is I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I used the latest version of the ATI Drivers. (I have the same cards as the guide, 2x HD5830's)
When I try ...
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How long does it normally take to set up a test node? How much of your disk is utilized?
I did a complete factory reset on my computer and simply started over. I have a Aorus 5SE with windows 11. I am using VirtualBox 7.0.6 and Ubuntu 20.04.
My new virtual machine has 4GB of base memory, ...
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Failed to start bitcoin daemon using Ubuntu 20.04
Hey I keep getting this error everytime I run sudo systemctl enable --now bitcoind
Job for bitcoind.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status ...
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Cannot cross-compile for Windows from Ubuntu 18.04
I have been at this for ages now and I am unable to cross-compile Bitcoin-Core 0.19.1 on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine (not a VM). I follow these exact instructions:
sudo apt install build-essential ...
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I tried installing Bitcoin on a Ubuntu 18.4 server. The status of the Block is still in 0 even after two days of installation
I tried installing Bitcoin on a Ubuntu 18.4 server. After installing the Bitcoin core, I started Bitcoin-diamond. The status of the Block is still in 0 even after two days of installation.
I want to ...
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oclvanitygen not compiling
I am trying to compile oclvanitygen because I have an Nvidia GTX 1080 that would most likely be helpful for this. I'm using the Windows Subsystem for Linux with Ubuntu 18.04.
I tried this command: ...
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BitcoinCore Ubuntu buiild error: ‘relative’ is not a member of ‘fs’
I'm trying to build Bitcoin core client on an LinuxMint. I'm having the following error(which have not encountered before, while making it on MSWindows or another Linux machine) in make process, right ...
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Error getting bitcoin block to process from DB
i am installing a full node on a linux server and i'm trying to connect to bitcoin with BIFROST(https://github.com/stellar/go/tree/master/services/bifrost) but i am getting the error below which ...
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Trying to open directly...Device open failed
Ubuntu 13.10 & amd-catalyst-13.4-linux-x86.x86_64.zip
xorg.conf created by
# aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all
Thereafter, i modify it with next /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Module"
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ubuntu 12.04 armory install failed
i'm trying to install armory on ubuntu 12.04 but it is not working:
$ sudo dpkg -i armory_0.88.1-beta_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package armory:i386.
(Reading database ... 222699 files ...
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Compiling an ALTCOIN on Ubuntu, getting errors during make
Hi I am compiling an ALTCOIN forked from another coin, I'm using Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS via SSH from a remotely hosted server. I believe I installed all dependencies because I have already compiled ...
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bitcoin-cli can't connect to server
I'm trying to put up a simple system for some penetration tests.
I have an Ubuntu server 16.04.1 with apache2 and bitcoin.
all running "Hiddn service" through tor (and bitcoind proxied 127.0.0.1:9050)....
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Blockchain sync seems to be stuck in a loop?
SOLVED! UPDATE: The issue was not bitcoin related. I had to increase the root partition of ubuntu, as it wasn't using the full SSD size I had, but only 100 GB and the sync therefore ran out of space ...
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Configuring electrum wallet with command line only
I successfully installed electrum on an ubuntu server using the first ref from google search. But how I can configure it without GUI I didn't find.
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Build bitcoin-qt.exe on ubuntu 18.4
0.8.1 version and when i compile this version but successfully compiled but now i want to generate the window executable file(.exe) from bitcoin-0.8.1 version. so latest version and older bitcoin-0.8....
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