X-Git-Url: https://git.novaco.in/?p=electrum-server.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=HOWTO.md;h=af81673a5c28c9c72d36d401f9c9ba48e216189d;hp=2a837570d13bce8eb3c66298ea5e78511e0c6ec1;hb=cbd563a97c2fde6b523fc31d82daedaf4b1644ba;hpb=0696efb9426fc916fcc4d02c2d8cecb123e6d08b

diff --git a/HOWTO.md b/HOWTO.md
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--- a/HOWTO.md
+++ b/HOWTO.md
@@ -101,7 +101,18 @@ our ~/bin directory:
 
 Older versions of Electrum used to require a patched version of bitcoind. 
 This is not the case anymore since bitcoind supports the 'txindex' option.
-We currently recommend bitcoind 0.8.5 stable.
+We currently recommend bitcoind 0.8.6 stable.
+
+If your package manager does not supply a recent bitcoind and prefer to compile
+here are some pointers for Ubuntu:
+
+    $ cd ~/src && wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.6/bitcoin-0.8.6-linux.tar.gz
+    $ tar xfz bitcoin-0.8.6-linux.tar.gz
+    $ cd bitcoin-0.8.6-linux/src/src
+    $ sudo apt-get install make g++ python-leveldb libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libdb++-dev 
+    $ make USE_UPNP= -f makefile.unix
+    $ strip ~/src/bitcoin-0.8.6-linux/src/src/bitcoind
+    $ ln -s ~/src/bitcoin-0.8.6-linux/src/src/bitcoind ~/bin/bitcoind
 
 ### Step 4. Configure and start bitcoind
 
@@ -280,20 +291,18 @@ Two more things for you to consider:
 
 The magic moment has come: you can now start your Electrum server:
 
-    $ electrum-server
+    $ start
 
 You should see this on the screen:
 
     starting Electrum server
     cache: yes
 
-If you want to stop Electrum server, open another shell and run:
+If you want to stop Electrum server, use the 'stop' script:
+
+    $ stop
 
-    $ electrum-server stop
 
-You should also take a look at the 'start' and 'stop' scripts in
-`~/src/electrum/server`. You can use them as a starting point to create a
-init script for your system.
 
 ### Step 13. Test the Electrum server
 
@@ -308,7 +317,7 @@ addresses and transactions history. You can see the number of blocks and
 response time in the Server selection window. You should send/receive some
 bitcoins to confirm that everything is working properly.
 
-### Step 13. Join us on IRC, subscribe to the server thread
+### Step 14. Join us on IRC, subscribe to the server thread
 
 Say hi to the dev crew, other server operators and fans on 
 irc.freenode.net #electrum and we'll try to congratulate you