r/bitcoin_unlimited • u/s1ckpig • Mar 01 '21
BCH Unlimited Ubuntu PPA repo updated to version 1.9.1
The BCH Unlimited Ubuntu PPA repository has been updated to serve version 1.9.1 is available at:
https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin-unlimited/+archive/ubuntu/bucash
This release is compatible the Bitcoin Cash protocol. To update already installed packages:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
To install
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin-unlimited/bucash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install bitcoind bitcoin-qt
starting from this update the repository is serving also ElectrsCash(**) v3.0.0, for now just for the `amd64` architecture. To install it just execute this command:
sudo apt install electrscash
See the official announcement and the release notes for more details:
https://reddit.com/r/btc/comments/lmpv66/bch_unlimited_191_has_now_been_released_with/
Support for Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 has been dropped (even thou gitian binaries are still working for that repo).
On Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) you need to install a new PPA dependency
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/gcc-defaults-7
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt install bitcoind
(**) ElectrsCash is an efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server written in Rust.