For Ubuntu users, there is a new ppa maintained by Matt Corallo which you can add to your system so that it will automatically keep bitcoin up-to-date. Just type "sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin" in your terminal, then install the bitcoin-qt package.
For those interested in this, please note that currently the ppa directs you to an outdated version. Specifically, version 0.3.24
Supposedly bdb 5.x is completely compatible with 4.8, so...
_If_ this is true then the best thing to go for is using 5.x on oneiric and 4.8 on the older versions
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Bitcoin build/dependancy issues on ubuntu oneiric, wallet format
by
graingert
on 30/10/2011, 18:12:27 UTC
Ubuntu oneiric does not have the libdb4.8++ or libdb4.8++-dev packages, meaning running or building bitcoin impossible without adding those extra packages to the bitcoin repository.
What do you think would be the best way to go about this:
Upgrade to libdb5.x++ and cause new wallets to be incompatible with old bitcoin versions
include the libdb4.8++ packages and potentially cause collisions with other software making this same decision
Upgrade to libdb5.x, cause new wallets to be incompatible with old bitcoin versions, but make an export option that will potentially be compatible "forever"
The export wallet command could export as a GPG compatible ascii armoured ecdsa key set, a json file, or an XML file [EDIT] the current leaning in #bitcoin-dev is to go with "include the libdb4.8++ packages and potentially cause collisions with other software making this same decision" Then move to machine-dependant wallets once a bitcoin standard export format has been chosen
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Re: Ubuntu bitcoin packages
by
graingert
on 29/10/2011, 18:58:44 UTC
An official bitcoin PPA with version 0.5.0 is being worked on