Can anyone give me basic instructions on how to install the VeriCoin Linux wallet on Mint 17 (Ubuntu)? The instructions on Github are confusing and I'm fairly new to this process.
I installed QT Creator and then opened the vericoin-qt.pro file, but now it's saying that it's using an invalid kit "Desktop" to parse the project. It's asking me to add a kit and I don't know where to find it. I assumed I'd just be able to hit "Build", but I clearly don't know what I'm doing.
I also tried doing it the other way by installing these packages:
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
However, libdb4.8++-dev apparently "has no installation candidate" and won't install. I found it online and installed it manually after I installed the other dependencies. When I go to run "qmake" and then "make", I'm uncertain what to specify with it, so this doesn't work either.
I'm sure my issues are coming from my lack of understanding when it comes to building packages.
Try this
sudo 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 libboost-all-dev libqrencode-dev git
That worked instantly! I can now open the VeriCoin-qt. Thank you!
Please be careful compiling with non-4.8 libdb.... If you try and load that wallet on a Windows precompiled client, it will fail horribly.
The reason for this is the Windows version is compiled against libdb4.8++, and libdb5.x++ is NOT backwards compatible. A better bet might be to install libdb4.8++-dev from
bitcoin's ppa and recompile from scratch. Bear in mind you should dump your address's private key first, then re-import it into the new wallet.