From 42ecc63062fb151ebeeba4628252a26ba0f19dcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: philemon Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:51:13 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update Debian offline install instructions --- Install-MMGen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu-Linux.md | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Install-MMGen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu-Linux.md b/Install-MMGen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu-Linux.md index f6f92a0..fc9d047 100644 --- a/Install-MMGen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu-Linux.md +++ b/Install-MMGen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu-Linux.md @@ -36,15 +36,18 @@ Install bitcoind: > To install prebuilt binaries, click [here][01]. To install from source, > click [here][02]. -**NB:** If your offline machine is already disconnected from the Internet, -do the following: +**NB:** Naturally, your offline machine must be connected to the Internet to +retrieve and install the above packages as described above. If your offline +machine is already offline and you wish to leave it that way, then you'll be +forced to take roughly the following steps: -> 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 +> From your online machine, download the Debian/Ubuntu packages and their +> dependencies manually from packages.debian.org or packages.ubuntu.com, 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. Install the Debian/Ubuntu packages +> with 'sudo dpkg -i', unpack each Python module and install it using 'sudo +> ./setup.py install', and install MMGen and the secp256k1 library from the > copied git repositories as described above. Congratulations, your installation is now complete! Now proceed to [**Getting