-Bitcoin-qt: Qt4 based GUI replacement for Bitcoin
-=================================================
-
-Features
-========
-
-- All functionality of the Wx GUI, including wallet encryption
-
-- Compatibility with Linux (both GNOME and KDE), MacOSX and Windows
-
-- Notification on incoming / outgoing transactions (compatible with FreeDesktop and other desktop notification schemes)
-
-- General interface improvements: Splash screen, tabbed interface
-
-- Overview page with current balance, unconfirmed balance, and such
-
-- Better transaction list with status icons, real-time filtering and a context menu
-
-- Asks for confirmation before sending coins, for your own safety
-
-- CSV export of transactions and address book (for Excel bookkeeping)
-
-- Shows alternative icon when connected to testnet, so you never accidentally send real coins during testing
-
-- Shows a progress bar on initial block download, so that you don't have to wonder how many blocks it needs to download to be up to date
-
-- Sendmany support, send to multiple recipients at the same time
-
-- Multiple unit support, can show subdivided bitcoins (uBTC, mBTC) for users that like large numbers
-
-- Support for English, German, Russian and Dutch languages
-
-- Address books and transaction table can be sorted by any column
-
-- Accepts "bitcoin:" URLs from browsers and other sources through drag and drop
+Bitcoin-qt: Qt4 GUI for Bitcoin
+===============================
Build instructions
===================
::
sudo port selfupdate
- sudo port install boost db48
+ sudo port install boost db48 miniupnpc
- Open the .pro file in Qt Creator and build as normal (cmd-B)
Set USE_UPNP to a different value to control this:
-+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-| USE_UPNP= | (the default) no UPnP support, miniupnpc not required; |
-+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-| USE_UPNP=0 | UPnP support turned off by default at runtime; |
-+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-| USE_UPNP=1 | UPnP support turned on by default at runtime. |
-+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-
-Mac OS X users: miniupnpc is currently outdated on MacPorts. An updated Portfile is provided in contrib/miniupnpc within this project.
-You can execute the following commands in a terminal to install it:
-
-::
-
- cd <location of bitcoin-qt>/contrib/miniupnpc
- sudo port install
++------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| USE_UPNP=- | no UPnP support, miniupnpc not required; |
++------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| USE_UPNP=0 | (the default) built with UPnP, support turned off by default at runtime; |
++------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| USE_UPNP=1 | build with UPnP support turned on by default at runtime. |
++------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Notification support for recent (k)ubuntu versions
---------------------------------------------------
qmake "USE_DBUS=1"
+Generation of QR codes
+-----------------------
+
+libqrencode may be used to generate QRCode images for payment requests.
+It can be downloaded from http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/index.html.en, or installed via your package manager. Pass the USE_QRCODE
+flag to qmake to control this:
+
++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| USE_QRCODE=0 | (the default) No QRCode support - libarcode not required |
++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| USE_QRCODE=1 | QRCode support enabled |
++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+
Berkely DB version warning
==========================
A warning for people using the *static binary* version of Bitcoin on a Linux/UNIX-ish system (tl;dr: **Berkely DB databases are not forward compatible**).
-The static binary version of Bitcoin is linked against libdb4.7 or libdb4.8 (see also `this Debian issue`_).
+The static binary version of Bitcoin is linked against libdb4.8 (see also `this Debian issue`_).
Now the nasty thing is that databases from 5.X are not compatible with 4.X.
significant hassle!
.. _`this Debian issue`: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621425
+
+Ubuntu 11.10 warning
+====================
+
+Ubuntu 11.10 has a package called 'qt-at-spi' installed by default. At the time of writing, having that package
+installed causes bitcoin-qt to crash intermittently. The issue has been reported as `launchpad bug 857790`_, but
+isn't yet fixed.
+
+Until the bug is fixed, you can remove the qt-at-spi package to work around the problem, though this will presumably
+disable screen reader functionality for Qt apps:
+
+::
+
+ sudo apt-get remove qt-at-spi
+
+.. _`launchpad bug 857790`: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt-at-spi/+bug/857790
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