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# PyBitmessage Installation Instructions
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- Binary (64bit, no separate installation of dependencies required)
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- Windows: https://download.bitmessage.org/snapshots/
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- Linux AppImages: https://artifacts.bitmessage.at/appimage/
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- Linux snaps: https://artifacts.bitmessage.at/snap/
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- Mac (not up to date): https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage/releases/tag/v0.6.1
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- Source
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`git clone git://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage.git`
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## Helper Script for building from source
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Go to the directory with PyBitmessage source code and run:
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```
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python checkdeps.py
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```
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If there are missing dependencies, it will explain you what is missing
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and for many Unix-like systems also what you have to do to resolve it. You need
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to repeat calling the script until you get nothing mandatory missing. How you
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then run setuptools depends on whether you want to install it to
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user's directory or system.
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### If checkdeps fails, then verify manually which dependencies are missing from below
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Before running PyBitmessage, make sure you have all the necessary dependencies
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installed on your system.
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These dependencies may not be available on a recent OS and PyBitmessage may not
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build on such systems. Here's a list of dependencies needed for PyBitmessage
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based on operating system
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For Debian-based (Ubuntu, Raspbian, PiBang, others)
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```
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python2.7 openssl libssl-dev python-msgpack python-qt4 python-six
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```
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For Arch Linux
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```
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python2 openssl python2-pyqt4 python-six
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```
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For Fedora
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```
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python python-qt4 openssl-compat-bitcoin-libs python-six
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```
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For Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
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```
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python python-qt4 openssl-compat-bitcoin-libs python-six
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```
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For GNU Guix
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```
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python2-msgpack python2-pyqt@4.11.4 python2-sip openssl python-six
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```
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## setuptools
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This is now the recommended and in most cases the easiest way for
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installing PyBitmessage.
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There are 2 options for installing with setuptools: root and user.
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### as root:
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```
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python setup.py install
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pybitmessage
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```
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### as user:
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```
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python setup.py install --user
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~/.local/bin/pybitmessage
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```
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## pip venv (daemon):
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Create virtualenv with Python 2.x version
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```
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virtualenv -p python2 env
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```
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Activate env
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```
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source env/bin/activate
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```
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Build & run pybitmessage
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```
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pip install .
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pybitmessage -d
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```
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## Alternative way to run PyBitmessage, without setuptools (this isn't recommended)
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run `./start.sh`.
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