I want to tinker with bitcoin on my server, and perhaps create a website of some kind around it. However I've already run into a wall. My host is linux, and probably Debian, and it is a shared hosting.
I have access to the shell for the most part.
Since it is linux, I downloaded the linux bitcoin wallet, and there is where I'm lost.
I think I can ditch the GUI, as I only need the "bitcoind" file, that being in the bin of the linux wallet (32 bit or 64 bit). What to do with that, I do not know. Where do I upload it?
This is helpful, I think:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/PHP_developer_introYet it doesn't give explicit directions for compiling. I think it assumes I know kind of what I'm doing. Which I don't. And I think it assumes I have a GUI for the server too.
So what I think I need to do is install the bitcoin wallet. How do I do that from the shell?
I don't know a thing about shell/console commands, or much about linux for that matter.
I appreciate the help!