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Bitcoin-qt: Qt4 based GUI replacement for Bitcoin
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**Warning** **Warning** **Warning**
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Alpha version! I'm using this client myself on the production network, and I haven't noticed any glitches, but remember: always backup your wallet.
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Testing on the testnet is recommended.
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This has been implemented:
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- qmake / QtCreator project (.pro)
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- Compatibility with Linux (both GNOME and KDE), MacOSX and Windows
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- All functionality of the original client, including taskbar icon/menu
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- Tabbed interface
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- Overview page with current balance, unconfirmed balance, etc
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- User friendly transaction list with status icons, real-time filtering and a context menu that allows editing and copying labels
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- Asks for confirmation before sending coins
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- CSV export of transactions and address book
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- Shows alternative icon when connected to testnet
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- Progress bar on initial block download
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- Sendmany support in UI (send to multiple recipients as well)
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This has to be done:
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- Start at system start
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- Internationalization (convert WX language files)
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Build instructions
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Debian
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First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your
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distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are:
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apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \
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libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \
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libssl-dev libdb4.8++-dev
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then execute the following:
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::
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qmake
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make
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Alternatively, install Qt Creator and open the `bitcoin-qt.pro` file.
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An executable named `bitcoin-qt` will be built.
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Windows
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--------
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Windows build instructions:
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- Download the `QT Windows SDK`_ and install it. You don't need the Symbian stuff, just the desktop Qt.
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- Download and extract the `dependencies archive`_ [#]_, or compile openssl, boost and dbcxx yourself.
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- Copy the contents of the folder "deps" to "X:\\QtSDK\\mingw", replace X:\\ with the location where you installed the Qt SDK. Make sure that the contents of "deps\\include" end up in the current "include" directory.
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- Open the .pro file in QT creator and build as normal (ctrl-B)
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.. _`QT Windows SDK`: http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp
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.. _`dependencies archive`: http://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip
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.. [#] PGP signature: http://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip.sig (signed with RSA key ID `610945D0`_)
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.. _`610945D0`: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x610945D0
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Berkely DB version warning
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A warning for people using the *static binary* version of Bitcoin on a Linux/UNIX-ish system (tl;dr: **Berkely DB databases are not forward compatible**).
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The static binary version of Bitcoin is linked against libdb4.7 or libdb4.8 (see also `this Debian issue`_).
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Now the nasty thing is that databases from 5.X are not compatible with 4.X.
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If the globally installed development package of Berkely DB installed on your system is 5.X, any source you
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build yourself will be linked against that. The first time you run with a 5.X version the database will be upgraded,
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and 4.X cannot open the new format. This means that you cannot go back to the old statically linked version without
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significant hassle!
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.. _`this Debian issue`: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621425
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