Error running BITCOIND in Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop

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Running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop under Oracle VirtualBox in Windows 7 64bit I get the following error:

sim@sim-VirtualBox:~/bitcoin-0.8.5-linux/bin/32$ ./bitcoind -rpcpassword=12345 **terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<boost::filesystem::basic_filesystem_error<boost::filesystem::basic_path<std::string, boost::filesystem::path_traits> > > >'
  what():  boost::filesystem::create_directory: File exists: "/home/sim/.bitcoin"
Aborted (core dumped)**

Anyone know how I can fix this or what the issue may be?

Wizard Of Ozzie

Posted 2013-12-06T01:12:14.320

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Answers

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Do you have a file named .bitcoin. in your root directory? If so, delete it with rm /home/sim/.bitcoin and try running the server again.

Anonymous

Posted 2013-12-06T01:12:14.320

Reputation: 1 330

That did it! So far so good. I'm just trying to get the wallet from Windows imported... I'm assuming a wallet.dat is interchangeable b/w linux and windows? – Wizard Of Ozzie – 2013-12-06T13:21:06.973

Usually they are, but there's some edge cases with Berkely DB compatibility that will cause opening to fail. You'll know if it doesn't work. Just shut down the node, swap in your old wallet.dat, and do a -rescan if your node was up to date when you did the sync. – Anonymous – 2013-12-06T13:24:23.083

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