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@ -77,12 +77,11 @@ Save your changes and double click the icon to launch your MSYS2-enabled
PowerShell. From now on, all your work will be done in this terminal.
Note that the root of your MSYS2 installation is located in `C:\\msys64`, so the
following commands, for example:
following commands, for example, will produce a listing of the same directory:
$ ls /etc # the path as seen within MSYS2
$ ls 'C:\\msys64\etc' # the path as seen by Windows
will produce a listing of the same directory.
### <a name='a_ug'>3. Upgrade MSYS2</a>
@ -113,9 +112,10 @@ will produce a listing of the same directory.
> The server that’s listed first in these files is the one that will used by
> default, so you may wish to edit them and place the server you wish to use
> first in the list. For this you may use a text editor such as Notepad:
> first in the list. For this you may use a text editor such as Notepad or
> Nano:
$ notepad /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.msys
$ nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.msys
... repeat for remaining mirrorlist files ...
> You need to update your database files as well. The database files and their
@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ will produce a listing of the same directory.
>> <https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/i686/mingw32.db.sig>
>> <https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/clang64/clang64.db>
>> <https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/clang64/clang64.db.sig>
>> <https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/clang32/clang32.db>
>> <https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/clang32/clang32.db.sig>
>> <https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/ucrt64/ucrt64.db>
>> <https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/msys2/mingw/ucrt64/ucrt64.db.sig>
@ -150,9 +152,6 @@ will produce a listing of the same directory.
> trick using '>' works for most shell commands, by the way). Copy `urls.txt`
> to your online machine and download the URLs listed in it.
> *NOTE: as of 01.05.2022, files in the `clang64` directory were found under
> `mingw64` instead, so these URLS may have to be edited accordingly.*
> Create a new folder on your offline machine:
$ mkdir packages1
@ -213,11 +212,11 @@ Install the MMGen requirements and their dependencies:
Create the `/usr/local/bin` directory. This is where you’ll place various
binaries required by MMGen:
$ mkdir -p /usr/local/bin # seen by Windows as C:\\msys64\usr\local\bin
$ mkdir -p /usr/local/bin # seen by Windows as 'C:\\msys64\usr\local\bin'
Open your shell’s runtime configuration file in a text editor:
$ notepad ~/.bashrc
$ nano ~/.bashrc
Add the following two lines to the end of the file (if this is a Bitcoin-only
installation, you may omit the Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash Node components of the
@ -255,27 +254,21 @@ On your offline machine, unpack and enter the archive:
$ tar fax scrypt-0.8.20.tar.gz
$ cd scrypt-0.8.20
Open the file `setup.py` in your text editor. Right before the line beginning
with:
Open the file `setup.py` in your text editor. Right before the line reading:
scrypt_module = Extension(
elif sys.platform.startswith('win32'):
add the following line (with no indentation):
insert the following lines, carefully preserving indentation:
includes = ['/mingw64/include']
Also change the line:
libraries = ['libcrypto_static']
to read:
libraries = ['libcrypto']
elif os.environ.get('MSYSTEM') == 'MSYS':
define_macros = []
includes = ['/mingw64/include']
libraries = ['libcrypto']
CFLAGS.append('-O2')
Save the file and exit the editor. Now build and install:
$ python3 setup.py build --compiler=mingw32
$ python3 setup.py install
$ python3 setup.py install --user
### <a name='a_se'>8. Clone and copy the secp256k1 library (offline install only)</a>
@ -371,7 +364,7 @@ Congratulations, your installation is now complete, and you can proceed to
MMGen on Linux, except for [autosigning][ax], are now supported on MSYS2 too.
Please be aware of the following, however:
+ Non-ASCII filenames cannot be used with the Monero wallet syncing tool. This
+ Non-ASCII filenames cannot be used with the `mmgen-xmrwallet` utility. This
is an issue with the Monero wallet RPC daemon rather than MMGen.
+ The Bitcoin Cash Node daemon cannot handle non-ASCII pathnames. This is an

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@ -128,19 +128,15 @@ may also be started and stopped manually at the DOS or MSYS2 prompt as follows
#### Ethkey
On Arch Linux systems, ethkey is included in the OpenEthereum package:
On Arch Linux and ArchLinuxArm systems, the ‘ethkey’ utility is included in the
OpenEthereum package:
$ pacman -S openethereum
For other systems, you may have to build ethkey from source:
For 64-bit Windows and Linux systems, ‘ethkey’ can be found in the zip archives
distributed with [this release][oz].
$ sudo apt-get install rustc # skip this if Rust is already installed
$ git clone https://github.com/openethereum/openethereum
$ cd openethereum
$ git checkout v2.6.6 # this version builds on ARM boards - your mileage may vary
$ cargo build -p ethkey-cli --release
$ sudo install --strip ./target/release/ethkey /usr/local/bin
$ cd ..
For other systems (i.e. Debian/Ubuntu ARM), tests involving ‘ethkey’ are skipped.
#### Monero note
@ -191,3 +187,4 @@ commands’ output on the screen as they’re being run.
[ld]: https://download.litecoin.org/litecoin-0.17.1/
[oe]: Altcoin-and-Forkcoin-Support#a_oe
[sc]: Altcoin-and-Forkcoin-Support#a_dt
[oz]: https://github.com/openethereum/openethereum/releases/tag/v3.1.0