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PyBitmessage Installation Instructions
For an up-to-date version of these instructions, please visit the Bitmessage Wiki.
PyBitmessage can be run in either one of two ways:
- straight from source
or
- from an installed package.
Dependencies
Before running PyBitmessage, make sure you have all the necessary dependencies installed on your system.
Here's a list of dependencies needed for PyBitmessage
- python2.7
- python2-qt4 (python-qt4 on Debian/Ubuntu)
- openssl
- (Fedora & Redhat only) openssl-compat-bitcoin-libs
Running PyBitmessage
PyBitmessage can be run in two ways:
- straight from source
or
- via a package which is installed on your system. Since PyBitmessage is Beta, it is best to run PyBitmessage from source, so that you may update as needed.
Updating
To update PyBitmessage from source (Linux/OS X), you can do these easy steps:
cd PyBitmessage/src/
git fetch --all
git reset --hard origin/master
python bitmessagemain.py
Voilà! Bitmessage is updated!
Linux
Some recent Linux distributions don't support QT4 anymore, hence PyBitmessage won't run with a GUI. However, if you build PyBitmessage as a flatpak, it will run in a sandbox which provides QT4. See the Linux flatpak instructions in the Creating a package for installation section of this document.
To run PyBitmessage from the command-line, you must download the source, then
run src/bitmessagemain.py.
git clone git://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage.git
cd PyBitmessage/ && python src/bitmessagemain.py
That's it! Honestly!
Windows
On Windows you can download an executable for Bitmessage here.
However, if you would like to run PyBitmessage via Python in Windows, you can go here for information on how to do so.
OS X
First off, install Homebrew.
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Now, install the required dependencies
brew install git python openssl cartr/qt4/pyqt@4
Download and run PyBitmessage:
git clone git://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage.git
cd PyBitmessage && python src/bitmessagemain.py
Creating a package for installation
If you really want, you can make a package for PyBitmessage, which you may install yourself or distribute to friends. This isn't recommended, since PyBitmessage is in Beta, and subject to frequent change.
Linux
First off, since PyBitmessage uses something nifty called packagemonkey, go ahead and get that installed. You may have to build it from source.
Next, edit the generate.sh script to your liking.
Now, run the appropriate script for the type of package you'd like to make
arch.sh - create a package for Arch Linux
debian.sh - create a package for Debian/Ubuntu
ebuild.sh - create a package for Gentoo
osx.sh - create a package for OS X
puppy.sh - create a package for Puppy Linux
rpm.sh - create a RPM package
slack.sh - create a package for Slackware
Linux flatpak
First make sure you have flatpak and flatpak-builder installed. Follow the
instructions for your distribution on flathub. The
instructions there only cover the installation of flatpak, but
flatpak-builder should be the same.
Once you have flatpak and flatpak-builder installed:
git clone git://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage.git
cd PyBitmessage/
git submodule add https://github.com/flathub/shared-modules.git
flatpak-builder --install -install-deps-from=flathub --force-clean --user build/_flatpak org.bitmessage.PyBitmessage.json
This will install PyBitmessage to your local flatpak user repository, but it takes a while to compile because QT4 and PyQt4 have to be build, among others.
When done you can launch PyBitmessage via:
flatpak run -v org.bitmessage.PyBitmessage
If you want to free up disk space you can remove the Sdk runtime again:
flatpak uninstall org.freedesktop.Sdk//18.08
OS X
Please refer to this page on the forums for instructions on how to create a package on OS X.
Please note that some versions of OS X don't work.