Wallet Issues Ubuntu

Reported issues with Obsidian-QT on Ubuntu

Install missing libraries

1. install some missing libraries end dependencies:

sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf libtool pkg-config libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libevent-dev libsodium-dev

2. install other libraries...

sudo apt install libminiupnpc-dev

3. get older version of berkley DB libs

wget http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz

4. untar it

tar xzvf db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz

5. go in a directory you just untared

cd db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix/

6. build and install something

../dist/configure --enable-cxx

make

sudo make install

7. create a symlink into your PATH

cd /usr/lib

sudo ln -s /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.8/lib/libdb_cxx-4.8.so libdb_cxx-4.8.so

8. Download Obsidian-Qt.zip, extract Obsidian-Qt somewhere, go in the same directory and make it executable

https://github.com/obsidianplatform/Obsidian-Qt/releases/tag/1.0.0.7-2

sudo chmod a+x Obsidian-Qt

9. run the program

./Obsidian-Qt

10. only if it's not syncing after a minute, in wallet debug window:

addnode seed1.obsidianplatform.com add

addnode seed2.obsidianplatform.com add

else: https://github.com/obsidianplatform/Obsidian-Qt/wiki/Wallet-Syncing

# Run Wallet on Ubuntu

1. sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

2. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin

3. sudo apt-get update

4. sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev