X-Git-Url: https://git.novaco.in/?p=electrum-server.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=HOWTO.md;h=c0c04320dfd841312856c7fa253c35c5d8a5f5a0;hp=ac0cd48d3701cea6f0b7f926cd2ae48db8aaa229;hb=eb0d8b78d79faebd4575671becd45b0864a2e589;hpb=3c336f83c39fe77ac4cb26f2efd3f2ec262cf0ad

diff --git a/HOWTO.md b/HOWTO.md
index ac0cd48..c0c0432 100644
--- a/HOWTO.md
+++ b/HOWTO.md
@@ -97,11 +97,22 @@ our ~/bin directory:
     $ chmod +x ~/src/electrum/server/server.py
     $ ln -s ~/src/electrum/server/server.py ~/bin/electrum-server
 
-### Step 3. Download Bitcoind
+### Step 3. Download bitcoind
 
 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
 
@@ -119,7 +130,13 @@ Write this in `bitcoin.conf`:
     daemon=1
     txindex=1
 
-Restart `bitcoind`:
+
+If you have an existing installation of bitcoind and have not previously
+set txindex=1 you need to reindex the blockchain by running
+
+    $ bitcoind -reindex
+
+If you have a fresh copy of bitcoind start `bitcoind`:
 
     $ bitcoind
 
@@ -302,7 +319,7 @@ 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