contrib/gitian-descriptors/README

   1 Gavin's notes on getting gitian builds up and running:
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   3 You need the right hardware: you need a 64-bit-capable CPU with hardware virtualization support (Intel VT-x or AMD-V). Not all modern CPUs support hardware virtualization.
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   5 You probably need to enable hardware virtualization in your machine's BIOS.
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   7 You need to be running a recent version of 64-bit-Ubuntu, and you need to install several prerequisites:
   8   sudo apt-get install apache2 git apt-cacher-ng python-vm-builder qemu-kvm
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  10 Sanity checks:
  11   sudo service apt-cacher-ng status   # Should return apt-cacher-ng is running
  12   ls -l /dev/kvm   # Should show a /dev/kvm device
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  14 Once you've got the right hardware and software:
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  16     git clone git://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
  17     git clone git://github.com/devrandom/gitian-builder.git
  18     mkdir gitian-builder/inputs
  19     wget 'http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/download.php?file=miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz' -O gitian-builder/inputs/miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz
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  21     cd gitian-builder
  22     bin/make-base-vm --arch i386
  23     bin/make-base-vm --arch amd64
  24     cd ..
  25
  26     # To build
  27     cd bitcoin
  28     git pull
  29     cd ../gitian-builder
  30     git pull
  31     ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=HEAD ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian.yml