I am trying to install a lightning node on a linux mint OS. I have gotten to the past where I enter:
$ bitcoind -daemon
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z Bitcoin Core version v0.17.0.0-ge1ed37edaedc85b8c3468bd9a726046344036243 (release build)
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z InitParameterInteraction: parameter interaction: -whitelistforcerelay=1 -> setting -whitelistrelay=1
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z Assuming ancestors of block 0000000000000000002e63058c023a9a1de233554f28c7b21380b6c9003f36a8 have valid signatures.
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z Setting nMinimumChainWork=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000028822fef1c230963535a90d
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z Using the 'sse4(1way),sse41(4way),avx2(8way)' SHA256 implementation
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z Using RdRand as an additional entropy source
Bitcoin server starting
it seems to be running or synching? I don't even know....through searching I found that I could type this command to find out what is going on
gabe@gabe-TECRA-C50-B ~/.bitcoin $ ps aux | grep bitcoin
gabe 5733 0.0 0.0 14224 936 pts/2 S+ 19:17 0:00 grep --color=auto bitcoin
gabe 7242 37.7 47.6 4764628 1886536 ? Ssl 16:09 71:00 bitcoind -daemon
gabe@gabe-TECRA-C50-B ~/.bitcoin $ ps aux | grep bitcoin
gabe 5859 0.0 0.0 14224 940 pts/2 S+ 19:18 0:00 grep --color=auto bitcoin
gabe 7242 37.6 46.1 4748392 1825568 ? Ssl 16:09 71:06 bitcoind -daemon
gabe@gabe-TECRA-C50-B ~/.bitcoin $ ps aux | grep bitcoin
gabe 7242 36.9 50.7 4773740 2007572 ? Ssl 16:09 72:39 bitcoind -daemon
gabe 7252 0.0 0.0 14224 864 pts/2 S+ 19:25 0:00 grep --color=auto bitcoin
gabe@gabe-TECRA-C50-B ~/.bitcoin $ ps aux | grep bitcoin
gabe 7242 36.3 49.6 4862572 1965732 ? Ssl 16:09 74:49 bitcoind -daemon
gabe 8812 0.0 0.0 14224 924 pts/2 S+ 19:34 0:00 grep --color=auto bitcoin
it seems the Daemon is running...but anyone know what the #'s mean or can tell me how much longer I can expect this to take I'd be grateful. Also I assume I cannot run "$ lightningd" command until this thing is done?