install bitcoin from static binary on bitcoin.org

[newbuntu]

Hi, considering the openssl bug / vulnerability problem, my system is affected and bitcoin no longer works on my system.

I want to install the static binary version from the site, so i downloaded it but when i extracted it there's a bitcoin-0.9.3-linux then a bin and src folder in there. In the bin is a 32 and a 64 folder and in the src is a file named bitcon-0.9.3.tar.gz

so, what do i do with these files? where do they go?

I was hoping for a working version of the bug-affect bitcoin-qt but i'm lost with this download.

Any assistance from some of the experienced users?

Thank you.

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[grue]

if you're using ubuntu, you should install from the ppa rather than using downloading and extracting the binaries manually. that way you can just use apt-get to keep your installed version up to date. but to answer your question, you should extract the binaries to /usr/bin/, eg. /usr/bin/bitcoind.

[newbuntu]

K, so perhaps you missed the announcement about the openssl bug affecting bitcoin.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=919373.0

I can't use the ppa version, it's affected by the openssl issue and my p2pool won't function - verified with make check error. I need a statically linked version of the bitcoin core, not a dynamically linked version.

I really don't understand why a dev team would release something and not provide a simple README to describe where to put the files. Surely they must realize that non-developers and / or newbs like myself are going to be using the programs. So, instead of a 1 minute read through a README now we have a drawn-out and frustrating back & forth on forum which was preceded with a frustratingly pointless search on the net.

Thank you for your repsonse grue, your assistance is appreciated.

[Newar]

K, so perhaps you missed the announcement about the openssl bug affecting bitcoin.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=919373.0
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Perhaps you missed that 9.4.0 is now available on the ppa, fixing that issue.