Re: excavator by NiceHash - multi-algorithm NVIDIA & AMD GPU miner [1.3.6a]

Version 1.3.6 alpha NVIDIA for Linux

* cryptonight bug fixes & improvements

The Linux version of excavator is compatible only with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and it requires NVIDIA Display Driver 387 or later. All you need to do for installation on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is to install a compatible NVIDIA driver and to run:

Code:

wget https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.6a/excavator_1.3.6a-xenial0_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./excavator_1.3.6a-xenial0_amd64.deb

On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
wget https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.6a/excavator_1.3.6a-trusty0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i excavator_1.3.6a-trusty0_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Everything will be installed under /opt/excavator, and you can test excavator with:

Code:

excavator-run

If you would like to mine to your Bitcoin address:

Code:

excavator-run -u [your Bitcoin address] -a [algorithm]

You can run a complete set of benchmarks with:

Code:

excavator-benchmark

For further details, please refer to the manpage for excavator(1).

Sorry for the delay... The new support scripts should be pretty useful, though. Enjoy!