diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index fe7de512..4d931e2b 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ Building Bitcoin -See doc/readme-qt.rst for instructions on building Bitcoin-Qt, +See doc/readme-qt.md for instructions on building Bitcoin-Qt, the intended-for-end-users, nice-graphical-interface, reference implementation of Bitcoin. -See doc/build-*.txt for instructions on building bitcoind, +See doc/build-*.md for instructions on building bitcoind, the intended-for-services, no-graphical-interface, reference implementation of Bitcoin. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/bitcoin-qt.pro b/bitcoin-qt.pro index 1d62941e..c36e3846 100644 --- a/bitcoin-qt.pro +++ b/bitcoin-qt.pro @@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += TSQM # "Other files" to show in Qt Creator OTHER_FILES += README.md \ - doc/*.rst \ doc/*.txt \ doc/*.md \ src/bitcoind.cpp \ diff --git a/doc/build-msw.md b/doc/build-msw.md index 6976c6a5..d348ad7c 100644 --- a/doc/build-msw.md +++ b/doc/build-msw.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ WINDOWS BUILD NOTES =================== -See [readme-qt.rst](readme-qt.rst) for instructions on building Bitcoin-Qt, the +See [readme-qt.md](readme-qt.md) for instructions on building Bitcoin-Qt, the graphical user interface. Compilers Supported diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md index 6f50cf94..271f8f55 100644 --- a/doc/build-osx.md +++ b/doc/build-osx.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This guide will show you how to build bitcoind(headless client) for OSX. Notes ----- -* See [readme-qt.rst](readme-qt.rst) for instructions on building Bitcoin-Qt, the +* See [readme-qt.md](readme-qt.md) for instructions on building Bitcoin-Qt, the graphical user interface. * Tested on OS X 10.5 through 10.8 on Intel processors only. PPC is not supported because it is big-endian. diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index b22df91f..4653bba4 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ To Build cd src/ make -f makefile.unix # Headless bitcoin -See readme-qt.rst for instructions on building Bitcoin-Qt, the graphical user interface. +See [readme-qt.md](readme-qt.md) for instructions on building Bitcoin-Qt, the graphical user interface. Dependencies --------------------- diff --git a/doc/readme-qt.rst b/doc/readme-qt.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 95cb3365..00000000 --- a/doc/readme-qt.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,163 +0,0 @@ -Bitcoin-Qt: Qt4 GUI for Bitcoin -=============================== - -Build instructions -=================== - -Debian -------- - -First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your -distribution are installed, these are - -:: - -for Debian and Ubuntu <= 11.10 : - -:: - - apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \ - libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \ - libssl-dev libdb4.8++-dev - -for Ubuntu >= 12.04 (please read the 'Berkely DB version warning' below): - -:: - - apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \ - libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \ - libssl-dev libdb++-dev libminiupnpc-dev - -For Qt 5 you need the following, otherwise you get an error with lrelease when running qmake: - -:: - - apt-get install qt5-qmake libqt5gui5 libqt5core5 libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev-tools - -then execute the following: - -:: - - qmake - make - -Alternatively, install `Qt Creator`_ and open the `bitcoin-qt.pro` file. - -An executable named `bitcoin-qt` will be built. - -.. _`Qt Creator`: http://qt-project.org/downloads/ - -Mac OS X --------- - -- Download and install the `Qt Mac OS X SDK`_. It is recommended to also install Apple's Xcode with UNIX tools. - -- Download and install either `MacPorts`_ or `HomeBrew`_. - -- Execute the following commands in a terminal to get the dependencies using MacPorts: - -:: - - sudo port selfupdate - sudo port install boost db48 miniupnpc - -- Execute the following commands in a terminal to get the dependencies using HomeBrew: - -:: - - brew update - brew install boost miniupnpc openssl berkeley-db4 - -- If using HomeBrew, edit `bitcoin-qt.pro` to account for library location differences. There's a diff in `contrib/homebrew/bitcoin-qt-pro.patch` that shows what you need to change, or you can just patch by doing - - patch -p1 < contrib/homebrew/bitcoin.qt.pro.patch - -- Open the bitcoin-qt.pro file in Qt Creator and build as normal (cmd-B) - -.. _`Qt Mac OS X SDK`: http://qt-project.org/downloads/ -.. _`MacPorts`: http://www.macports.org/install.php -.. _`HomeBrew`: http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/ - - -Build configuration options -============================ - -UPnP port forwarding ---------------------- - -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: - -:: - - qmake "USE_UPNP=1" - -(in **Qt Creator**, you can find the setting for additional qmake arguments under "Projects" -> "Build Settings" -> "Build Steps", then click "Details" next to **qmake**) - -This requires miniupnpc for UPnP port mapping. It can be downloaded from -http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/. UPnP support is not compiled in by default. - -Set USE_UPNP to a different value to control this: - -+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| USE_UPNP=- | no UPnP support, miniupnpc not required; | -+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| USE_UPNP=0 | (the default) built with UPnP, support turned off by default at runtime; | -+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| USE_UPNP=1 | build with UPnP support turned on by default at runtime. | -+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - -Notification support for recent (k)ubuntu versions ---------------------------------------------------- - -To see desktop notifications on (k)ubuntu versions starting from 10.04, enable usage of the -FreeDesktop notification interface through DBUS using the following qmake option: - -:: - - qmake "USE_DBUS=1" - -Generation of QR codes ------------------------ - -libqrencode may be used to generate QRCode images for payment requests. -It can be downloaded from http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/index.html.en, or installed via your package manager. Pass the USE_QRCODE -flag to qmake to control this: - -+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| USE_QRCODE=0 | (the default) No QRCode support - libarcode not required | -+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| USE_QRCODE=1 | QRCode support enabled | -+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - - -Berkely DB version warning -========================== - -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**). - -The static binary version of Bitcoin is linked against libdb4.8 (see also `this Debian issue`_). - -Now the nasty thing is that databases from 5.X are not compatible with 4.X. - -If the globally installed development package of Berkely DB installed on your system is 5.X, any source you -build yourself will be linked against that. The first time you run with a 5.X version the database will be upgraded, -and 4.X cannot open the new format. This means that you cannot go back to the old statically linked version without -significant hassle! - -.. _`this Debian issue`: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621425 - -Ubuntu 11.10 warning -==================== - -Ubuntu 11.10 has a package called 'qt-at-spi' installed by default. At the time of writing, having that package -installed causes bitcoin-qt to crash intermittently. The issue has been reported as `launchpad bug 857790`_, but -isn't yet fixed. - -Until the bug is fixed, you can remove the qt-at-spi package to work around the problem, though this will presumably -disable screen reader functionality for Qt apps: - -:: - - sudo apt-get remove qt-at-spi - -.. _`launchpad bug 857790`: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt-at-spi/+bug/857790