To get the basic qt wallet running on a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04.1:
1) Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal
2) sudo apt-get update
3) sudo apt-get install curl
4) sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
5) sudo apt-get install qt5-default qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools qttools5-dev-tools \
build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \
libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \
libssl-dev libdb++-dev
6) sudo apt-get install git
7) git clone
https://github.com/laowais/bitcoindark8.) cd bitcoindark
9) qmake "USE_UPNP=-"
10) make -j 3 -f Makefile
You should be good to launch the client now if there were no major errors along the way.
11) go to bitcoindark folder and double-click bitcoindark-qt.exe to launch client
12) go to home folder and press Ctrl+H to show hidden files
13) open hidden .Bitcoindark folder in order to access your wallet.dat file
14) create new text file within hidden .Bitcoindark folder and rename it to BitcoinDark.conf
15) copy/paste configuration file from bitcointalk OP into this text file
16) change "user" and "pass" in BitcoinDark.conf file to something unique and save it