Update howto to 0.8.3

[electrum-server.git] / HOWTO.md

diff --git a/HOWTO.md b/HOWTO.md
index 7e88f97..20b1868 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO.md
+++ b/HOWTO.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ commands included in this document is not available or does not
 perform the operation described here, you are expected to fix the
 issue so you can continue following this howto.
 
-**Software.** A recent Linux distribution with the following software
+**Software.** A recent Linux 64-bit distribution with the following software
 installed: `python`, `easy_install`, `git`, standard C/C++
 build chain. You will need root access in order to install other software or
 Python libraries. 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ our ~/bin directory:
     $ cd ~/src/electrum
     $ git clone https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-server.git server
     $ chmod +x ~/src/electrum/server/server.py
-    $ ln -s ~/src/electrum/server/server.py ~/bin/electrum
+    $ ln -s ~/src/electrum/server/server.py ~/bin/electrum-server
 
 ### Step 3. Download Bitcoind stable from git & patch it
 
@@ -98,11 +98,13 @@ In order for the latest versions of Electrum to work properly we will need to us
 bitcoind 0.8.1 stable or higher. It can be downloaded from github and 
 it needs to be patched with an electrum specific patch.
 
-    $ cd src && wget https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/archive/v0.8.1.tar.gz
-    $ tar xfz v0.8.1.tar.gz
-    $ cd bitcoin-0.8.1
+    $ cd ~/src && wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.3/bitcoin-0.8.3-linux.tar.gz
+    $ tar xfz bitcoin-0.8.3-linux.tar.gz
+    $ cd bitcoin-0.8.3-linux/src
     $ patch -p1 < ~/src/electrum/server/patch/patch
-    $ cd src && make USE_UPNP= -f makefile.unix
+    $ cd src
+    $ make USE_UPNP= -f makefile.unix
+    $ ln -s ~/src/bitcoin-0.8.3-linux/src/src/bitcoind ~/bin/bitcoind
 
 ### Step 4. Configure and start bitcoind
 
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ without.
 
 The magic moment has come: you can now start your Electrum server:
 
-    $ server
+    $ electrum-server
 
 You should see this on the screen: