Xubuntu10.04 + Armory0.91-b + bitcoin-qt0.9.1 = Cannot find Bitcoin Installation

[bananaControl]

Hi,

I've just upgraded my system to Xubuntu 14.04 and installed the newest Armory (0.91-beta), and I've added the Bitcoin repository and installed bitcoin-qt 0.9.1.0

However, Armory claims not to be able to "find the bitcoin installation". If I manually run bitcoin-qt from the terminal and then start up Armory it instructs me to close bitcoin-qt, but then again is not able to "find bitcoin"... There is no help to be found on the Armory website.

Can someone please guide a normal computer user to get this thing working?

[bananaControl]

As per etotheipi when I asked pretty much the same question about lubuntu.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=569423.msg6202247#msg6202247

The setup he recommends works perfectly for me.

Running old outdated software might be good enough for a cold storage, but not really desirable for a workstation

In any case, installing the 0.90-beta OfflineBundle results in the same problem as with Armory 0.91 beta.

[etotheipi]

It'll be easiest to just run Bitcoin-Qt yourself, but in Armory options unselect the first checkbox "Let Armory run Bitcoin software in the background".  Then restart Armory -- it will use the manually-run bitcoin-qt instead of trying to start it itself.

Just make sure that Bitcoin-Qt is fully sync'd and shows the green checkmark in the bottom-right, before starting Armory. 

[etotheipi]

On second thought, you're using Linux with 0.91-beta -- you can use the secure-downloader to download a verified copy of bitcoin core, and it will even unpack it for you and automatically adjust your settings to use it.  I specifically enabled this because it can be kind of a pain to get Bitcoin Core setup on Linux and get Armory pointed to it.  I'm so used to recommending users just run it themselves, that I forgot we have a better answer for it.

The secure downloader currently only has Bitcoin Core 0.9.0, but that is fine for what it needs.  The open SSL bug is irrelevant with the way Armory uses it.  And it will only download and unpack a local copy ... any installed versions you already have will be untouched.

We'll be doing another point-release shortly, and will also update those downloads to get 0.9.1 into the secure downloader.

[bananaControl]

Thank you very much. I had completely missed the "Let Armory run Bitcoin-QT in the background"-checkbox Starting Bitcoin-Qt manually first as a solution is more than sufficient for me.