Well I've managed to get it running with your guidance. It running well, but I have started it from the downloads directory. I may stop it and move it into my local directory.
It came up with a warning, and said it was ignoring something, but I'm letting it run. I may do a bit of tuning later.
It's going really well, and I've only got 416,000 blocks left to download.
It was a real nightmare installing the various packages, especially as the file names weren't the same as the names Bitcoin reported as missing.
Also I got chucked out of the cafe, as it was 30 minutes after closing. Ah! the joys of the vanlife. I'm now in Asda, and their cafe is closed, and I've only got 3 hours parking, but I'll probably get some end of day bargains. At least the 'loos are working. Sainsbury's hypermarket's 'loos were all out of order, so I had to go to the M&S supermarket 3 shops away. It's certainly been an interesting day.
I tried to join the Bodhi forum, but their signup confirmation emails didn't arrive.
btw - for anyone that is interested - the Bodhi name comes from the Bodhi tree. It's a variety of fig, and the Buddhists believe that contemplation under its branches leads to spiritual enlightenment. I'm not sure if I am becoming enlightened through all my computer contemplation.
I'm down to 411,000 blocks since I started to post this reply. Only 20 hours left until synchronisation.
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This is the message I get on start up
QApplication: invalid style override 'gtk2' passed, ignoring it.
Available styles: Windows, Fusion