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Bitcoin-qt: Qt4 GUI for Bitcoin |
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Features |
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- All functionality of the Wx GUI, including wallet encryption |
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- Compatibility with Linux (both GNOME and KDE), MacOSX and Windows |
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- Notification on incoming / outgoing transactions (compatible with FreeDesktop and other desktop notification schemes) |
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- General interface improvements: Splash screen, tabbed interface |
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- Overview page with current balance, unconfirmed balance, and such |
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- Better transaction list with status icons, real-time filtering and a context menu |
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- Asks for confirmation before sending coins, for your own safety |
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- CSV export of transactions and address book (for Excel bookkeeping) |
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- Shows alternative icon when connected to testnet, so you never accidentally send real coins during testing |
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- Shows a progress bar on initial block download, so that you don't have to wonder how many blocks it needs to download to be up to date |
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- Sendmany support, send to multiple recipients at the same time |
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- Multiple unit support, can show subdivided bitcoins (uBTC, mBTC) for users that like large numbers |
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- Support for English, German, Russian and Dutch languages |
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- Address books and transaction table can be sorted by any column |
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- Accepts "bitcoin:" URLs from browsers and other sources through drag and drop |
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Build instructions |
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First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your |
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distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are: |
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apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \ |
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libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \ |
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libssl-dev libdb4.8++-dev |
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then execute the following: |
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qmake |
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make |
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Alternatively, install Qt Creator and open the `bitcoin-qt.pro` file. |
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An executable named `bitcoin-qt` will be built. |
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Windows build instructions: |
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- Download the `QT Windows SDK`_ and install it. You don't need the Symbian stuff, just the desktop Qt. |
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- Download and extract the `dependencies archive`_ [#]_, or compile openssl, boost and dbcxx yourself. |
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- Copy the contents of the folder "deps" to "X:\\QtSDK\\mingw", replace X:\\ with the location where you installed the Qt SDK. Make sure that the contents of "deps\\include" end up in the current "include" directory. |
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- Open the .pro file in QT creator and build as normal (ctrl-B) |
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.. _`QT Windows SDK`: http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp |
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.. _`dependencies archive`: https://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip |
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.. [#] PGP signature: https://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip.sig (signed with RSA key ID `610945D0`_) |
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.. _`610945D0`: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x610945D0 |
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- Download and install the `Qt Mac OS X SDK`_. It is recommended to also install Apple's Xcode with UNIX tools. |
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- Download and install `MacPorts`_. |
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- Execute the following commands in a terminal to get the dependencies: |
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sudo port selfupdate |
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sudo port install boost db48 |
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- Open the .pro file in Qt Creator and build as normal (cmd-B) |
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.. _`Qt Mac OS X SDK`: http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-mac-os-cpp |
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.. _`MacPorts`: http://www.macports.org/install.php |
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Build configuration options |
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UPNnP port forwarding |
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To use UPnP for port forwarding behind a NAT router (recommended, as more connections overall allow for a faster and more stable bitcoin experience), pass the following argument to qmake: |
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qmake "USE_UPNP=1" |
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(in **Qt Creator**, you can find the setting for additional qmake arguments under "Projects" -> "Build Settings" -> "Build Steps", then click "Details" next to **qmake**) |
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This requires miniupnpc for UPnP port mapping. It can be downloaded from |
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http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/. UPnP support is not compiled in by default. |
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Set USE_UPNP to a different value to control this: |
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| USE_UPNP=- | no UPnP support, miniupnpc not required; | |
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| USE_UPNP=0 | (the default) built with UPnP, support turned off by default at runtime; | |
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| USE_UPNP=1 | build with UPnP support turned on by default at runtime. | |
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Mac OS X users: miniupnpc is currently outdated on MacPorts. An updated Portfile is provided in contrib/miniupnpc within this project. |
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You can execute the following commands in a terminal to install it: |
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cd <location of bitcoin-qt>/contrib/miniupnpc |
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sudo port install |
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Notification support for recent (k)ubuntu versions |
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To see desktop notifications on (k)ubuntu versions starting from 10.04, enable usage of the |
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FreeDesktop notification interface through DBUS using the following qmake option: |
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qmake "USE_DBUS=1" |
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Berkely DB version warning |
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A warning for people using the *static binary* version of Bitcoin on a Linux/UNIX-ish system (tl;dr: **Berkely DB databases are not forward compatible**). |
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The static binary version of Bitcoin is linked against libdb4.8 (see also `this Debian issue`_). |
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Now the nasty thing is that databases from 5.X are not compatible with 4.X. |
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If the globally installed development package of Berkely DB installed on your system is 5.X, any source you |
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build yourself will be linked against that. The first time you run with a 5.X version the database will be upgraded, |
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and 4.X cannot open the new format. This means that you cannot go back to the old statically linked version without |
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significant hassle! |
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.. _`this Debian issue`: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621425 |
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Ubuntu 11.10 warning |
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Ubuntu 11.10 has a package called 'qt-at-spi' installed by default. At the time of writing, having that package |
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installed causes bitcoin-qt to crash intermittently. The issue has been reported as `launchpad bug 857790`_, but |
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isn't yet fixed. |
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Until the bug is fixed, you can remove the qt-at-spi package to work around the problem, though this will presumably |
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disable screen reader functionality for Qt apps: |
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sudo apt-get remove qt-at-spi |
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.. _`launchpad bug 857790`: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt-at-spi/+bug/857790
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