If I install Bitcoin Core v 0.14.1, do I automatically support BIP 148 or is there anything else needed, e.g. some commands in the debug console ?

How can we show support for BIP148?

The best way to show support is to champion it through social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc…) and petition businesses and wallets to support it. Many users are also altering their node’s user agent string to include BIP148.

To signal #BIP148 on Linux on your node before binaries are released:

echo "uacomment=UASF-SegWit-BIP148" >> ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf && bitcoin-cli stop && sleep 5 && bitcoind

To signal #BIP148 on Windows, you can edit the shortcut for Bitcoin as follows:
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