Install-MMGen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu-Linux.md 2.2 KB
Perform the following steps on both your online and offline computers:
Install the pip Python installer:
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev
Install required Python modules:
$ sudo pip install ecdsa scrypt pycrypto bitcoin-python
Install the pexpect Python module:
$ sudo pip install pexpect
Note: pexpect v4.0.1 (the latest version as of this writing) is BROKEN and will cause errors when running the test suite! If this is the version you just installed on your system (examine the output of 'pip freeze' to find out), then you must downgrade. Note that newer versions may be broken as well. Version 3.1 is known to work. If this is the version on your system, then you may skip the next step. Otherwise, download the v3.1 tarball, unpack it, cd to the archive root and run:
$ sudo pip uninstall pexpect
$ sudo python setup.py install
Install MMGen:
$ git clone https://github.com/mmgen/mmgen.git
$ cd mmgen; sudo ./setup.py install
Install vanitygen (optional but recommended):
$ sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev
$ git clone https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen.git
$ cd vanitygen; make
(copy the "keyconv" executable to your path)
Install bitcoind:
To install prebuilt binaries, click here. To install from source, click here.
NB: If your offline machine is already disconnected from the Internet, do the following:
From your online machine, download the 'python-pip' package from Debian or Ubuntu and the Python packages from pypi.python.org/pypi/<packagename>. Transfer these files and the git repositories you've cloned to your offline computer using a USB stick or other means at your disposal. Now install 'python-pip' with 'sudo dpkg -i', unpack each Python module and install it using 'sudo ./setup.py install', and install MMGen and vanitygen from the copied git repositories as described above.
Congratulations, your installation is now complete! Now proceed to Getting Started with MMGen.