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MintCoin-Qt: Qt5 GUI for MintCoin

Build instructions

Debian

These build instructions should work for Debian and derivative systems, such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

We have some required packages. You can install these with apt:

apt install qt5-qmake qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools \
    libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev \
    libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \
    build-essential libboost-dev \
    libssl-dev libdb5.3++-dev libminiupnpc-dev

Next build the wallet:

qmake
make

An executable named MintCoin-Qt will be built.

Fedora

These build instructions should work for Fedora and derivative systems, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Linux.

We have some required packages. You can install these with dnf:

dnf install gcc-c++ boost-devel openssl-devel libdb-cxx-devel \
    miniupnpc-devel qmake-qt5

Next build the wallet:

qmake-qt5
make

An executable named MintCoin-Qt will be built.

Windows

Windows build instructions:

  • Download the QT Windows SDK and install it. You don't need the Symbian stuff, just the desktop Qt.
  • Download and extract the dependencies archive [1], or compile openssl, boost and dbcxx yourself.
  • Copy the contents of the folder "deps" to "X:\QtSDK\mingw", replace X:\ with the location where you installed the Qt SDK. Make sure that the contents of "deps\include" end up in the current "include" directory.
  • Open the .pro file in QT creator and build as normal (ctrl-B)
[1]PGP signature: https://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip.sig (signed with RSA key ID 610945D0)

Mac OS X

  • Download and install the Qt Mac OS X SDK. It is recommended to also install Apple's Xcode with UNIX tools.
  • Download and install MacPorts.
  • Execute the following commands in a terminal to get the dependencies:
sudo port selfupdate
sudo port install boost db53 miniupnpc
  • Open the .pro file in Qt Creator and build as normal (cmd-B)

Build configuration options

UPNnP port forwarding

To use UPnP for port forwarding behind a NAT router (recommended, as more connections overall allow for a faster and more stable bitcoin experience), pass the following argument to qmake:

qmake "USE_UPNP=1"

(in Qt Creator, you can find the setting for additional qmake arguments under "Projects" -> "Build Settings" -> "Build Steps", then click "Details" next to qmake)

This requires miniupnpc for UPnP port mapping. It can be downloaded from http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/. UPnP support is not compiled in by default.

Set USE_UPNP to a different value to control this:

USE_UPNP=- no UPnP support, miniupnpc not required;
USE_UPNP=0 (the default) built with UPnP, support turned off by default at runtime;
USE_UPNP=1 build with UPnP support turned on by default at runtime.

Notification support for recent (k)ubuntu versions

To see desktop notifications on (k)ubuntu versions starting from 10.04, enable usage of the FreeDesktop notification interface through DBUS using the following qmake option:

qmake "USE_DBUS=1"

Generation of QR codes

libqrencode may be used to generate QRCode images for payment requests. It can be downloaded from http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/index.html.en, or installed via your package manager. Pass the USE_QRCODE flag to qmake to control this:

USE_QRCODE=0 (the default) No QRCode support - libqrcode not required
USE_QRCODE=1 QRCode support enabled