Thank you, I appreciate the info and the script

Will pip2 install verify the checksum of the downloaded file with a satisfying degree of security. One thing I could hope for is verifying the asc signature and that it is signed by trusted root certificate.

When installing like: sudo -H pip2 install https://download.electrum.org/2.8.3/Electrum-2.8.3.tar.gz

I found some info on how to verify the asc signature, like below, but is this necessary or already done by pip2 or the python setup script?

gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 7F9470E6
gpg --fingerprint
gpg --verify Electrum-2.8.3.tar.gz.asc

Best Alex

PS: Signature verification thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1046484.0

Hi,

I ran

sudo pip2 install https://download.electrum.org/2.8.3/Electrum-2.8.3.tar.gz

I could see from its messages that it uninstalled my 2.8.2 version and then installed 2.8.3.

After updating and running electrum command, the electrum GUI was not shown, the command just hung. If I C-c it says

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/electrum", line 374, in <module>
    fd, server = daemon.get_fd_or_server(config)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/daemon.py", line 63, in get_fd_or_server
    server = get_server(config)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/electrum/daemon.py", line 85, in get_server
    time.sleep(1.0)
KeyboardInterrupt


If I move .electrum away and start it up immediatly, it looks good, but of cause no wallet data. I copied .electrum/config and .electrum/wallets from old and then it started up immediately. Initially it showed my transactions as unverified, then after a few minutes it looked good.

Is this a bug I should report on the GitHub tracker?

Regarding the install:
It complained about some missing /home/user/.cache/pip/http so I can it again several times, then ended up reading what it said and running sudo with -H. I think this just means it didn´t cache the download in /root/.cache/pip, but anyway I wanted to mention it.

Best Alex

sudo -H pip2 install https://download.electrum.org/2.8.3/Electrum-2.8.3.tar.gz

Not that