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      kevmif last edited by

      [quote author=chrisj]
      I am not a Linux user but I would like to know when I can start sharing this with people in the trollbox and in the community please let me know when it’s okay for me to start getting it out there.

      Thanks for your hard work.
      [/quote]

      Thanks for the enthusiasm but as it is my first ever Debian package and there are some minor issues (such as the warning in the Ubuntu software center) I’d like feedback from members here first instead of people in the non FTC community thinking this is a half baked product.

      Also, this is in no way official. I am not an FTC developer or community leader. I’m just a FTC and Linux enthusiast who thought it would be good to give it a go. Just saying to make sure no one gets the wrong idea. Thanks

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        chrisj Regular Member last edited by

        [quote name=“kevmif” post=“17046” timestamp=“1371944719”]
        [quote author=chrisj
        I am not a Linux user but I would like to know when I can start sharing this with people in the trollbox and in the community please let me know when it’s okay for me to start getting it out there.

        Thanks for your hard work.
        [/quote]

        Thanks for the enthusiasm but as it is my first ever Debian package and there are some minor issues (such as the warning in the Ubuntu software center) I’d like feedback from members here first instead of people in the non FTC community thinking this is a half baked product.

        Also, this is in no way official. I am not an FTC developer or community leader. I’m just a FTC and Linux enthusiast who thought it would be good to give it a go. Just saying to make sure no one gets the wrong idea. Thanks
        [/quote]

        Top man, thanks.

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          kevmif last edited by

          New version. Slight packaging improvements. Still has warnings though but is fully functional.

          Update:

          New, new version. This time without a stupid warning for users of Ubuntu 13.04

          Could someone with an earlier version of Ubuntu please test too?

          https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bd0or6h50yjut7/feathercoin-qt0.6.4.1-3.deb

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            kevmif last edited by

            On an older version there appears to be a dependency error according to a colleague who did some testing for me. I am installing 12.04 LTS in to a VM now for testing. Any feedback is appreciated.

            Thanks

            edit:
            Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and its derivatives do not appear to be able to resolve dependencies.
            12.x versions of Ubuntu don’t have the required boost libraries available. I shall see if it can compile with an older version or look in to packaging the correct libraries with the application.

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              solasaurus last edited by

              [quote name=“kevmif” post=“17054” timestamp=“1371949000”]

              New version. Slight packaging improvements. Still has warnings though but is fully functional.

              Update:

              New, new version. This time without a stupid warning for users of Ubuntu 13.04

              Could someone with an earlier version of Ubuntu please test too?

              https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bd0or6h50yjut7/feathercoin-qt0.6.4.1-3.deb
              [/quote]

              Thanks kevmif for taking the time to compile this .deb package. As a noob to feathercoin who’s having some serious hurdles when it comes to compiling, having an easy to use .deb would be real handy.

              So I downloaded your feathercoin-qt0.6.4.1-3.deb to check it out on my LinuxMint 15 (based on Ubuntu 13.04) amd64 machine using the package installer I got a notice that several packages were to be uninstalled, including:
              [list]
              [*]bitcoin-qt
              [*]libboost-filesystem-dev
              [*]libminiupnpc-dev
              [*]transmission-gtk
              [/list]

              I wasn’t so worried about the libboost* and *miniupnpc* packages, because these appeared to get replaced with i386 versions. But it seemed odd that transmission and bitcoin-qt got the boot. This may be something to do with the fact you’ve created this for i386. It’s possible to run i386 packages on amd64 machines, but to be honest, I’ve run into difficulties in the past doing this, and it looks like I’m about to have similar problems again. So I’m backing out of testing this package right now.

              Thanks again for having a go at this - and apologies for not being able to help you out with this one. I’d be happy to test an amd64 version of the package should one become available.

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                UKMark last edited by

                [quote name=“kevmif” post=“17083” timestamp=“1371954338”]
                On an older version there appears to be a dependency error according to a colleague who did some testing for me. I am installing 12.04 LTS in to a VM now for testing. Any feedback is appreciated.

                Thanks

                edit:
                Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and its derivatives do not appear to be able to resolve dependencies.
                12.x versions of Ubuntu don’t have the required boost libraries available. I shall see if it can compile with an older version or look in to packaging the correct libraries with the application.
                [/quote]

                Yeah I tested your .deb on NutNuts p2pool .vdi (which is Ubuntu 12.04 if I remember correctly) and had the lib dependency issues - If it helps you in creating a 12.04 compatible .deb I ended up building QT with total success on the .vdi using this guide:

                http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php?topic=430.msg3621#msg3621

                Thanks for taking the time to do this! 8)

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                  kevmif last edited by

                  [quote name=“solasaurus” post=“17168” timestamp=“1371990235”]

                  Thanks kevmif for taking the time to compile this .deb package. As a noob to feathercoin who’s having some serious hurdles when it comes to compiling, having an easy to use .deb would be real handy.

                  So I downloaded your feathercoin-qt0.6.4.1-3.deb to check it out on my LinuxMint 15 (based on Ubuntu 13.04) amd64 machine using the package installer I got a notice that several packages were to be uninstalled, including:
                  [list]
                  [*]bitcoin-qt
                  [*]libboost-filesystem-dev
                  [*]libminiupnpc-dev
                  [*]transmission-gtk
                  [/list]

                  I wasn’t so worried about the libboost* and *miniupnpc* packages, because these appeared to get replaced with i386 versions. But it seemed odd that transmission and bitcoin-qt got the boot. This may be something to do with the fact you’ve created this for i386. It’s possible to run i386 packages on amd64 machines, but to be honest, I’ve run into difficulties in the past doing this, and it looks like I’m about to have similar problems again. So I’m backing out of testing this package right now.

                  Thanks again for having a go at this - and apologies for not being able to help you out with this one. I’d be happy to test an amd64 version of the package should one become available.
                  [/quote]

                  Thank you for the feedback. I will look at compiling 64 bit versions in future.

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                    kevmif last edited by

                    [quote name=“UKMark” post=“17169” timestamp=“1371990632”]
                    Yeah I tested your .deb on NutNuts p2pool .vdi (which is Ubuntu 12.04 if I remember correctly) and had the lib dependency issues - If it helps you in creating a 12.04 compatible .deb I ended up building QT with total success on the .vdi using this guide:

                    http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php?topic=430.msg3621#msg3621

                    Thanks for taking the time to do this! 8)
                    [/quote]

                    Thank you for the feedback.
                    12.04 package is on its way… standby!

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                      kevmif last edited by

                      As promised. This version will work for 12.04 and hopefully all derivatives.

                      https://www.dropbox.com/s/jmwalrnxa2iz3g1/feathercoin-qt0.6.4.1-4.12.04LTS.deb

                      And the existing version for Ubuntu 13.04 and Mint 14 (also possibly Ubuntu 12.10)

                      https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bd0or6h50yjut7/feathercoin-qt0.6.4.1-3.deb

                      I apologise for my poor naming structure. Its 1am here and I have to be at work in a few hours. Please go fourth and test. Any feedback is appreciated. Once we are all satisfied that these packages do the job i’ll tidy them up a bit and do new revisions. Perhaps my build could then be the official Debian client (if it does not suck haha).

                      Thanks all

                      –Kev

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                        kevmif last edited by

                        No one wanting to test?

                        It is important that we get some testing on these packages so hopefully Feathercoin can officially support at least some distributions one day.

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                          solasaurus last edited by

                          [quote name=“kevmif” post=“17333” timestamp=“1372071587”]
                          No one wanting to test?

                          It is important that we get some testing on these packages so hopefully Feathercoin can officially support at least some distributions one day.
                          [/quote]

                          Hi kevmif,

                          I’ve had some long hours at work and only just got to this post. Just remembered that I had an old Dell laptop which I’d installed LinuxMing 14. Cos you went to all the effort of making the .debs, I thought I’d try it out.

                          Well it seems to have worked like a charm. It’s started downloading the blockchain automatically, gave a “Network Alert” about upgrading to Litecoin [sic] 0.6.9.1 by August 15th (I presume this is intended). I need to load my wallet on this machine, but so far so good. I’ll let you know if I come across any bugs whilst using it.

                          Again - thanks for taking the time to create a .deb! :D

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                            solasaurus last edited by

                            Oh, forgot to mention I was using this .deb:

                            https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bd0or6h50yjut7/feathercoin-qt0.6.4.1-3.deb

                            Running on a Dell Inspiron 1525, running LinuxMint 14 (based on Ubuntu 12.10).

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                              kevmif last edited by

                              Thank you solasaurus

                              The litecoin warning is affecting everyone - it seems that notification section wasn’t amended when FTC was forked from LTC.

                              I will be attempting to compile and package 64 bit tonight. We’ll see how that goes. Thanks for the feedback.

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                                kevmif last edited by

                                https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3gwzaz8z90qk3d/feathercoin-qt0.6.4.1-4x64.deb

                                64bit version for 13.04 and derivatives. May work on 12.10 also. Installs and run fine on a clean install.

                                Likely will not work on 12.04LTS or derivatives.

                                solasaurus - I am especially interested in your feedback since you had dependency issues with the 32 bit package.

                                Thanks

                                Note: This is still the old version as bushstar only released the new one a few minutes ago. Will compile all current binaries with the new source code tomorrow or not long after.

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                                  solasaurus last edited by

                                  Firstly, I just want to say kevmif, it’s people with a can-do attitude like you that are going to make feathercoin a success. Very impressed with how quickly you moved on this issue (and no doubt you’ve got a day job too!)

                                  Now the matter at hand: Just installed the amd64 .deb on my HP Touchsmart 610 with no troubles at all using GDebiPackage installer (no doubt would have worked with apt-get or other installer too). It instantly recognized my wallet. Have got the annoying Litecoin network alert, but I get that that’s come from the source. The blockchain is up to date and there are active connections. So it’s looking pretty good.

                                  I’m gonna tinker with this more on friday/saturday (gotta real long day tomorrow) when I’ve got more time, and will report back again. So far, no noticeable bugs.

                                  Thanks for making the effort to make installing the FTC wallet on linux machines!

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                                    kevmif last edited by

                                    No problems. I expect to have the updated source compiled and available shortly. Maybe tomorrow night (24 hours or so) depending on work commitments.

                                    Thanks for the positive feedback.

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                                      sekoj last edited by

                                      Hi,

                                      Just installed the 64Bit version on my Ubuntu laptop. No dependency problems at all.

                                      The blockchain also took very little time to download, especially compared to the Bitcoin and LTC blockchains.

                                      This works really well, good job well executed. Kudos

                                      Note: The Litecoin upgrade message keeps on appearing. Not sure if this is because of Unity or what…

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                                        sekoj last edited by

                                        Update:

                                        It seems the only way to get rid of the “ltc upgrade” network alert is to disable “notify-osd” which seems a bit drastic because I rather like the notifications in Ubuntu.

                                        On the other hand, the only reason I run Unity is because I am too lazy to install gnome, perhaps that should be my project this weekend. :)

                                        Could we search through the source code for the warning and just remove it and re-compile? Not sure what do you guys think?

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                                          kevmif last edited by

                                          The LTC message will be corrected in a new version which I will have out in a few hours.

                                          This is an issue affecting all feathercoin users which was corrected by Bushstar in the latest release of the source code a few days ago.

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                                            Wellenreiter Moderators last edited by

                                            Version 0.6.4.4 with the latest modifications made by Bushstar.

                                            Created install packages for Debian 7, and several OpenSuSE versions, all packages provide feathercoin-qt and feathercoind for i586 an x86-64.

                                            see: [url=http://software.opensuse.org/package/feathercoin]http://software.opensuse.org/package/feathercoin[/url]

                                            Feathercoin development donation address: 6p8u3wtct7uxRGmvWr2xvPxqRzbpbcd82A
                                            Openpgp key: 0x385C34E77F0D74D7 (at keyserver.ubuntu.com)/fingerprint: C7B4 E9EA 17E1 3D12 07AB 1FDB 385C 34E7 7F0D 74D7

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