Help needed : New to Ubuntu, no idea how to install Bitcoin

[nameless888]

Hi there.

So I decided I'd check out linux for the first time, and installed the ubuntu 12.10 demo on a USB. It seemed to work well so I thought I'd partition then install it, but I messed up the partition and totally destroyed my windows installation. I'm on a thinkpad T61 with no CD either, so even pressing the thinkvantage button to try to reinstall it failed, but luckily I still had the USB with ubuntu, so here I am after installing it, almost completely clueless and new to ubuntu/linux, but stuck with it.

So I have bitcoin-0.8.1-linux, which took an effort to even extract from the tar.gz, and also the original bitcoin-0.8.1-linux.tar.gz file. Other than that I'm stuffed. Tried using extracting methods via the terminal after searching around a bit, but there's threads from years back with older ubuntu versions, and they're talking about extracting it but the GUI doesn't even show up, and that natty has to be switched to maverick in some area. Please tell me it's easier than that, and please help me get this thing working on linux. Thanks loads of you can help!

I also lost my first wallet.dat but the only thing I'm really going to lose is the bitcoins from 2nd place on bunny run, so not too bad I guess! (on a sidenote, can't people just bypass the 1 a day limit on bunny run by using different wallets/addresses? Surely not right? So how is that prevented?)

[kokjo]

Hi there.

So I decided I'd check out linux for the first time, and installed the ubuntu 12.10 demo on a USB. It seemed to work well so I thought I'd partition then install it, but I messed up the partition and totally destroyed my windows installation. I'm on a thinkpad T61 with no CD either, so even pressing the thinkvantage button to try to reinstall it failed, but luckily I still had the USB with ubuntu, so here I am after installing it, almost completely clueless and new to ubuntu/linux, but stuck with it.

So I have bitcoin-0.8.1-linux, which took an effort to even extract from the tar.gz, and also the original bitcoin-0.8.1-linux.tar.gz file. Other than that I'm stuffed. Tried using extracting methods via the terminal after searching around a bit, but there's threads from years back with older ubuntu versions, and they're talking about extracting it but the GUI doesn't even show up, and that natty has to be switched to maverick in some area. Please tell me it's easier than that, and please help me get this thing working on linux. Thanks loads of you can help!

I also lost my first wallet.dat but the only thing I'm really going to lose is the bitcoins from 2nd place on bunny run, so not too bad I guess!

use the ppa

[Coincrazy]

Hi there.

So I decided I'd check out linux for the first time, and installed the ubuntu 12.10 demo on a USB. It seemed to work well so I thought I'd partition then install it, but I messed up the partition and totally destroyed my windows installation. I'm on a thinkpad T61 with no CD either, so even pressing the thinkvantage button to try to reinstall it failed, but luckily I still had the USB with ubuntu, so here I am after installing it, almost completely clueless and new to ubuntu/linux, but stuck with it.

So I have bitcoin-0.8.1-linux, which took an effort to even extract from the tar.gz, and also the original bitcoin-0.8.1-linux.tar.gz file. Other than that I'm stuffed. Tried using extracting methods via the terminal after searching around a bit, but there's threads from years back with older ubuntu versions, and they're talking about extracting it but the GUI doesn't even show up, and that natty has to be switched to maverick in some area. Please tell me it's easier than that, and please help me get this thing working on linux. Thanks loads of you can help!

I also lost my first wallet.dat but the only thing I'm really going to lose is the bitcoins from 2nd place on bunny run, so not too bad I guess! (on a sidenote, can't people just bypass the 1 a day limit on bunny run by using different wallets/addresses? Surely not right? So how is that prevented?)

AFAIK Linux mint is an Ubuntu variant

so this might help

http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/903

[nameless888]

use the ppa

Yeah I tried that too but wasn't sure exactly how to do it, sorry I forgot. But you have to remember you're talking to a complete n00b here when it comes to ubuntu. Can you or anyone else post a step by step please, or a link that fully explains how to do it?

[nameless888]

AFAIK Linux mint is an Ubuntu variant

so this might help

http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/903

Will have a look, thanks.

edit : nope, been there. It's talking about an xterm and I only know of the terminal. Same thing? if so, I've tried each command there and it didn't work. Either that or the bitcoin folder is somewhere and I don't know how to get to it.

edit 2 : it says "Just launch the package manager and install bitcoin-qt" I don't even know what the package manager is, will have to search around again but I think I'm still stuck.

[Coincrazy]

use the ppa

Yeah I tried that too but wasn't sure exactly how to do it, sorry I forgot. But you have to remember you're talking to a complete n00b here when it comes to ubuntu. Can you or anyone else post a step by step please, or a link that fully explains how to do it?

This gives a step by step

But please note that I haven't tried it on Ubuntu ...so please do NOT take my word for granted

Try this with a backup / plan b

http://youtu.be/-EgSDAEExO8

[kokjo]

use the ppa

Yeah I tried that too but wasn't sure exactly how to do it, sorry I forgot. But you have to remember you're talking to a complete n00b here when it comes to ubuntu. Can you or anyone else post a step by step please, or a link that fully explains how to do it?

in the terminal run this command, to add the bitcoin repo:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin

and then update:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

and then, to install bitcoin:

Code:

sudo apt-get install bitcoin

[nameless888]

use the ppa

Yeah I tried that too but wasn't sure exactly how to do it, sorry I forgot. But you have to remember you're talking to a complete n00b here when it comes to ubuntu. Can you or anyone else post a step by step please, or a link that fully explains how to do it?

in the terminal run this command, to add the bitcoin repo:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin

and then update:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

and then, to install bitcoin:

Code:

sudo apt-get install bitcoin

Doesn't work, because it needs these files and the pages are down :

http://ppa.launchpad.net/stretch/bitcoin/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources
http://ppa.launchpad.net/stretch/bitcoin/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages


This was actually one of the main reasons I didn't switch to linux ages ago. The lack of .exe files for things.

edit : Thanks Coincrazy, but the instructions in that video are the same and it can't find the files due to pages that are down.

Full text is :

You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
 Bitcoin and related applications.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~stretch/+archive/bitcoin
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpn7kkby/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpn7kkby/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key A4FF3776 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpn7kkby/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key A4FF3776: public key "Launchpad PPA for David Armstrong" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK
nameless@nameless-ThinkPad-T61:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease                     
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease                                 
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease                             
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease                       
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg                               
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates InRelease                     
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release [49.6 kB] 
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease                                 
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal Release                                   
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports InRelease                   
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg                               
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg                           
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main Sources                             
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg                               
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release.gpg                   
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages                       
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Sources [39.0 kB]       
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg                               
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release.gpg                 
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release                                   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release                               
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Sources [1,833 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release                                   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release                       
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Sources [16.1 kB]   
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release                                   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release                     
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Sources [704 B]   
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Sources                             
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Sources                         
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main i386 Packages [105 kB] 
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main i386 Packages                       
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Sources                   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Sources                     
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Sources                   
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted i386 Packages [3,531 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Sources                             
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages                   
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en_GB                   
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe i386 Packages [45.8 kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main i386 Packages                       
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Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en                       
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Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1,402 B]
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en_GB               
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Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Translation-en     
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Sources         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Sources
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Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Sources   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main i386 Packages   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en
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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en_GB
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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/main Sources
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Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/restricted i386 Packages
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Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Translation-en_GB
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Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Translation-en
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Err http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Sources
  404  Not Found
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main i386 Packages                       
  404  Not Found
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Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en_GB       
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Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en_GB   
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Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/universe Translation-en_GB 
Fetched 263 kB in 9s (27.5 kB/s)                                               
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/stretch/bitcoin/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/stretch/bitcoin/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
nameless@nameless-ThinkPad-T61:~$ sudo apt-get install bitcoin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package bitcoin

[Mike Christ]

Kinda funny, you're using the exact same laptop I'm using   And I'm also using Lubuntu and can't figure out how the hell to install Bitcoin.

I'm thinking about switching back over to windows.

[nameless888]

Kinda funny, you're using the exact same laptop I'm using   And I'm also using Lubuntu and can't figure out how the hell to install Bitcoin.

I'm thinking about switching back over to windows.

Gah, hopefully we'll be able to suss it somehow! I really don't want to switch back to windows, I loathe the stupid thing. Besides, I haven't even got a CD to go back! Surely there's a way of doing this.

[kokjo]

use the ppa

Yeah I tried that too but wasn't sure exactly how to do it, sorry I forgot. But you have to remember you're talking to a complete n00b here when it comes to ubuntu. Can you or anyone else post a step by step please, or a link that fully explains how to do it?

in the terminal run this command, to add the bitcoin repo:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin

and then update:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

and then, to install bitcoin:

Code:

sudo apt-get install bitcoin

Doesn't work, because it needs these files and the pages are down :

http://ppa.launchpad.net/stretch/bitcoin/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources
http://ppa.launchpad.net/stretch/bitcoin/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages


This was actually one of the main reasons I didn't switch to linux ages ago. The lack of .exe files for things.

edit : Thanks Coincrazy, but the instructions in that video are the same and it can't find the files due to pages that are down.

Full text is :

You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
 Bitcoin and related applications.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~stretch/+archive/bitcoin
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpn7kkby/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpn7kkby/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key A4FF3776 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpn7kkby/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key A4FF3776: public key "Launchpad PPA for David Armstrong" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK
nameless@nameless-ThinkPad-T61:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease                     
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease                                 
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease                             
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease                       
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg                               
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates InRelease                     
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release [49.6 kB] 
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease                                 
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal Release                                   
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports InRelease                   
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg                               
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg                           
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main Sources                             
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg                               
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release.gpg                   
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages                       
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Sources [39.0 kB]       
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg                               
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release.gpg                 
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release                                   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release                               
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Sources [1,833 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release                                   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release                       
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Sources [16.1 kB]   
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release                                   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release                     
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Sources [704 B]   
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Sources                             
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Sources                         
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main i386 Packages [105 kB] 
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main i386 Packages                       
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Sources                   
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Sources                     
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Sources                   
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted i386 Packages [3,531 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Sources                             
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages                   
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en_GB                   
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe i386 Packages [45.8 kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main i386 Packages                       
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nameless@nameless-ThinkPad-T61:~$ sudo apt-get install bitcoin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
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E: Unable to locate package bitcoin

try:
sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt

[Mike Christ]

That worked for me, thanks kokjo

[nameless888]

edit : I've done it!

I replaced the last command : sudo apt-get install bitcoin

With : sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt

Simple in the end!

edit : beat me to it, haha! I just searched and found it via http://www.distrogeeks.com/install-bitcoin-qt-ubuntu/

Thanks for the help anyway. Now to download the blockchain all over again. 

[Coincrazy]

edit : I've done it!

I replaced the last command : sudo apt-get install bitcoin

With : sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt

Simple in the end!

edit : beat me to it, haha! I just searched and found it via http://www.distrogeeks.com/install-bitcoin-qt-ubuntu/

Thanks for the help anyway. Now to download the blockchain all over again. 

Happy to know that you have finally done it

It did not notice the error :-( in the command

[Nancarrow]

Sorry to raise this zombie, but I too am trying to install the 'official' (well not counting multibit) client on Lubuntu and not getting anywhere.

'apt-get install bitcoin-qt' simply tells me that it is unable to locate the package bitcoin-qt.
Weirdly, I did manage to get bitcoind with 'apt-get install bitcoind' successfully.

Oops. It turns out that after adding the bitcoin ppa repository thingy, but before installing bitcoin-qt, you have to run 'apt-get update'! 



Actually, since all I want to do is download blockchain files, if I can do that with bitcoind I'd be grateful if someone could tell me exactly what to put on the command line. Also I have a 1.1GB blk0001.dat file (and accompanying index file) from mid-2012, so how could I successfully explain to bitcoind that I want it to start from that (saves some downloading).