How to compile Bitcoin-Qt from GitHub source on Arch Linux?

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Here are the instructions I have created so far:

  1. Install the necessary dependencies

    pacman -S boost boost-libs openssl db base-devel qrencode qt4 automoc4

  2. Clone the GitHub repository:

    git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
cd bitcoin

  3. Checkout the Git source to the latest release listed at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases:

    git checkout v0.8.5

  4. Change to the source directory:

    cd src

  5. Compile Bitcoin-Qt from source

    qmake-qt4 -makefile -Wall USE_QRCODE=1
make

There are a ton of generic instructions spit out when I enter qmake-qt4 command and then upon entering the make command I am told:

make: * No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

FYI, I am using the PKGBUILD file as a guideline for creating the above instructions.

GigabyteCoin

Posted 2013-12-07T21:45:50.853

Reputation: 31

Answers

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Since the build system has moved to Autotools, the method for building Bitcoin-Qt is a bit different. 

git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git bitcoin
cd bitcoin
git checkout v0.8.5
./autogen.sh 
./configure --with-qt
make -j8

Anonymous

Posted 2013-12-07T21:45:50.853

Reputation: 1 330

exactly! this is how you do it – Khan Shahrukh – 2014-02-24T09:52:24.650

1Will this method work on Ubuntu 14.04 too? – oshirowanen – 2014-06-04T20:38:25.763

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