I have the hunch that the box has a non-standard version of Python on it. If you are on Ubuntu 64-bit, you shouldn't need ia32-libs I believe for anything with Counterparty... actually, from googling that error, it appears that you're probably trying to run counterparty with the 32-bit Python or something similar.... the virtualenv install script probably found a 32-bit Python and used that instead of the 64-bit version, I'm guessing.

To confirm, you could try commands like:

The last line should return "('64bit', 'ELF')". (Or, just start up the Python interpreter and see if it mentions 32-bit or 64-bit)... and actually I'd perform the same checks on the python binary over at counterpartyd_build/env/bin/python3 on your box (where ever you installed counterpartyd_build).

The options would be to either remove all that 32-bit compatibility stuff, or work on a fresh Ubuntu install (13.10 x64 is optimal here).

Trying to get Counterpary running on Desktop Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (64-bit) but seem unable to do so. Building updating, bitcoin reindexing all went fine, tutorials are all quite clear. I am now running counterparty v6.6 and bitcoind v0.8.6.0-g03a7d67-beta

But I get an error message when I try to run the counterparty server:
# counterpartyd server
Status: RESTART
Unhandled exception in thread started by
libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work
Aborted (core dumped)

I have installed the IA32-libs and there are 2 editions for libgcc_s.so.1:
$ find /lib -name 'libgcc*'
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1

But I still keep getting this error.
Any tips?

Go back through the installation

Any other information in the log?

Redistribution, which is not a problem by the way, will occur when people that respect the Right to Ownership buy NXT from the rightful owners. All other forms of NXT redistribution that you might have witnessed thus far should be considered CHARITY.

user1922,

We are having a discussion here, I apologize for any feeling of being brushed off as a freeloader. The forum has been "ddosed" by a guy named yuriygeorge and I think people are responding to you as if you are his clone.

Anyway, extensibility!

OK, so we know BTC can do payments, like paypal, just slower but without worry about transactions being reversed. Some like this others don't. Regardless if you want to change anything about bitcoin, well it is easier to just make it a new coin and that is exactly what has happened, litecoin, namecoin, 100+ others.

None of these coins can coexist with each other at the protocol level. Meaning they need different server daemons, different wallets, etc. Let's ignore the wasteful mining aspect, that is not what you asked. So I hope that explains how BTC is not extensible. Changing BTC creates a new altcoin. Now the more technical of you will probably point out that it is possible to update bitcoind globally and get new features added to bitcoin. To them I say, show me how you can get all the miners to agree to this short of a catastrophic bug.

Clear enough on BTC's shortcomings in this area?

Now for NXT, when it first was released, it had the payment ability. Faster than bitcoin so better, but essentially the same functionality.

In less than a month namecoin functionality was added. This immediately boosted market prices for NXT to around namecoin market cap. This is not simply because namecoin functionality is so good, it is because it showed the ability of NXT to do an update and gain a new functionality. Let's see any other altcoin or bitcoin do that.

the other thing it did was make clear that if there is a service, people will use it and spend NXT like drunken sailors. All the transaction fees then get distributed randomly to the lucky lottery winner of that block (approx minute). While the big NXT holders tend to win most lotteries, even very small holders eventually get some and this redistributes NXT, it also makes it a built in dividend reinvestment program, and makes NXT the only crypto that has a positive yield.

James

I disagree with your assesment.
Criticism is good. There is nothing wrong with that.

Misrepresenting facts is not good. And saying that an IPO where investors get profit is "not fair" isn't really a useful statement.

What ís useful is constructive ideas about how to get those coins moving. As stated before: the founders are in a lock, too.
Market volume isn't big enough for them to bring all their coins to the market at the moment. The market would collapse and that isn't good for anyone.

Some people have suggested ways to do this. Most suggested "give it away".
Fair enough, that's a valid suggestion.

Some proposed a charity fund. Also constructive.

My point is that it's a good idea to distinguish between people shouting "not fair!" and then not adding any constructive idea (which leads to the impression they just want a piece of the pie too and and are in NO way interested in the NXT as a new currency, AT ALL) and people who raise valid concers that have something to do with the viability of NXT.