From: Eagle[TM] Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 14:14:37 +0000 (+0100) Subject: HOWTO: Update bitcoind recommendation to 0.8.6 X-Git-Url: https://git.novaco.in/?p=electrum-server.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=eb0d8b78d79faebd4575671becd45b0864a2e589;hp=5fb807078d5d8158bcadf571ede6780e34d1f1f3 HOWTO: Update bitcoind recommendation to 0.8.6 --- diff --git a/HOWTO.md b/HOWTO.md index 4d1941e..c0c0432 100644 --- a/HOWTO.md +++ b/HOWTO.md @@ -101,18 +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-0.8.5/bitcoin-0.8.5-linux.tar.gz - $ tar xfz bitcoin-0.8.5-linux.tar.gz - $ cd bitcoin-0.8.5-linux/src/src + $ 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-0.8.5-linux/src/src/bitcoind - $ ln -s ~/src/bitcoin-0.8.5-linux/src/src/bitcoind ~/bin/bitcoind + $ 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