Debian binary packages

Zcash Company operates a package repository for 64-bit Debian-based distributions. If you'd like to try out the binary packages, you can set it up on your system and install Zcash from there.

First install the following dependency so you can talk to our repository using HTTPS:

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

Next add the Zcash master signing key to apt's trusted keyring:

wget -qO - https://apt.z.cash/zcash.asc | sudo apt-key add -

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Add the repository to your sources:

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.z.cash/ jessie main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zcash.list

Finally, update the cache of sources and install Zcash:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install zcash

Lastly you can run zcash-fetch-params to fetch the zero-knowledge parameters, and set up ~/.zcash/zcash.conf before running Zcash as your local user, as documented in the Beta Guide.

Troubleshooting

Note: Only x86-64 processors are supported.

If you're starting from a new virtual machine, sudo may not come installed. See this issue for instructions to get up and running: https://github.com/zcash/zcash/issues/1844