Armory 0.93.3 -beta Not going online for MAC

[99bits]

Hi Support,

Platform:  Mac 10.10.5
I have Bitcoin Core with the entire block chain downloaded successfully.  I installed Armory and cannot for the life of me get Armory to go online. Is there something I am missing?  I have the log file... where should I send it.

Thank you.

[Holliday]

You are using an outdated version of Armory.

See here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1670262.0

[99bits]

Just downloaded the new version.  armory_0.95.1_osx.tar.gz

Doesn't even start up.  At least the old version starts.  I shut down the computer and tried again but still no luck.  Is there something wrong?

[Holliday]

Just downloaded the new version.  armory_0.95.1_osx.tar.gz

Doesn't even start up.  At least the old version starts.  I shut down the computer and tried again but still no luck.  Is there something wrong?

Try deleting the databases folder inside the Armory folder before starting the new version.

If that doesn't work, I suggest posting some log files here and waiting for the experts.

[99bits]

I deleted the database directory. 

I think the problem might be is that when I installed BitcoinQt, I changed the location of the Bitchain to an external hard drive because the entire bit chain is 100G.

How then to tell Armory the new location of the Bitchain.

[Holliday]

I deleted the database directory.  

I think the problem might be is that when I installed BitcoinQt, I changed the location of the Bitchain to an external hard drive because the entire bit chain is 100G.

How then to tell Armory the new location of the Bitchain.

Armory definitely won't work unless it can access the block chain data!

I'm not an OSX user, but typically you add this command line argument to the Armory shortcut "--satoshi-datadir=(block chain location)".

Example:

Code:

--satoshi-datadir=D:\Bitcoin

I should probably let someone with OSX experience help you out.

[droark]

I'm not an OSX user, but typically you add this command line argument to the Armory shortcut "--satoshi-datadir=(block chain location)".

Example:

Code:

--satoshi-datadir=D:\Bitcoin

I should probably let someone with OSX experience help you out.

Yes, there are two possible solutions.

1)Assuming you have Armory under the Applications folder, open a terminal and type the following commands.

Code:

cd /Applications/Armory.app/Contents/MacOS
./Armory --satoshi-datadir="blockchain location - I believe quotation marks are necessary"

2)Use Automator to create a small binary that runs the aforementioned command when you double-click it. This is much more convenient, although I have no clue why the binary is close to 2MB.

[gangtraet]

Yes, there are two possible solutions.

Third possibility: Make a softlink that points to the new location.

Assuming that you have moved Bitcoin Core's stuff from ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin to /Volumes/Blockchain/Core, do this in a Terminal

Code:

cd Library/Application\ Support
mv Bitcoin Bitcoin.old
ln -s /Volumes/Blockchain/Core Bitcoin
ls -ld Bitcoin*

The last line should produce output like this:

drwxrwxr-x+ 14 username  staff  476 Nov 11 18:01 Bitcoin.old
lrwxr-xr-x  1 username  staff  43 Nov 30 13:10 Bitcoin -> /Volumes/Blockchain/Core

Now any program looking for the bitcoin data in the usual place will find it.