mmgen-wallet/doc/wiki/install-linux/Install-MMGen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu-Linux.md

Perform the following steps on both your online and offline computers:

Install required Debian/Ubuntu packages:

$ sudo apt-get install autoconf git libgmp-dev libssl-dev libpcre3-dev libtool wipe
$ sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-ecdsa python3-pexpect python3-setuptools python3-cryptography python3-nacl python3-pip python3-gmpy2 python3-sha3

Using the pip3 installer, install the Python scrypt library:

$ sudo -H pip3 install scrypt

Install the secp256k1 library:

$ git clone https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1.git
$ cd secp256k1
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ sudo ldconfig
$ cd ..

Install MMGen:

$ git clone https://github.com/mmgen/mmgen.git
$ cd mmgen
$ git checkout stable_linux # see 'Note' below
$ sudo ./setup.py install
$ cd ..

Note: if you want to use features that have appeared since the latest stable_linux release, then you can omit the git checkout step and remain on the master branch. But though the tip of master is always tested on Linux before being pushed to the public repository, please be aware that security vulnerabilities are more likely to be present in new code than in a stable release. In addition, new code may require dependencies or installation steps not yet covered in the documentation.

Install your coin daemon(s). To install prebuilt binaries, go here. To install from source, go here.

Note for offline machines:

Naturally, your offline machine must be connected to the Internet to retrieve and install the above packages as described above. This is normally not a problem, as you can simply take the machine offline permanently after the install is done, preferably removing or disabling its network interfaces.

However, if your machine is already offline and you wish to leave it that way, or if it lacks a network interface entirely, then you’ll need to take roughly the following steps:

If your offline and offline machines have the same architecture, then just download the Debian/Ubuntu packages and their dependencies on your online machine using apt-get download. Otherwise, you must download the packages manually from packages.debian.org or packages.ubuntu.com.

Download the Python packages using pip3 download.

Transfer the downloaded files and cloned Git repositories to your offline computer using a USB stick or other removable medium. Install the Debian/Ubuntu packages with sudo dpkg -i and the Python packages with pip3 install. Install MMGen and the secp256k1 library from the copied Git repositories as described above.

Congratulations, your installation is now complete! Now proceed to Getting Started with MMGen.