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Bitcoin-qt: Qt4 based GUI replacement for Bitcoin
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**Warning** **Warning** **Warning**
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Pre-alpha stuff! I'm using this client myself on the production network, and I haven't noticed any glitches, but remember: always backup your wallet! Testing on the testnet is recommended.
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This has been implemented:
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- qmake / QtCreator project (.pro)
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- All dialogs (main GUI, address book, send coins) and menus
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- Taskbar icon/menu
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- GUI only functionality (copy to clipboard, select address, address/transaction filter proxys)
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- Bitcoin core is made compatible with Qt4
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- Send coins dialog: address and input validation
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- Address book and transactions views and models
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- Options dialog
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- Sending coins (including ask for fee when needed)
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- Show error messages from core
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- Show details dialog for transactions (on double click)
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This has to be done:
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- Integrate with main bitcoin tree
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- Start at system start
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- Internationalization (convert WX language files)
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- Build on Windows
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Build instructions
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First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your
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distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are:
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apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \
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libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \
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libssl-dev libdb4.8++-dev
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then execute the following:
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::
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qmake
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make
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Alternatively, install Qt Creator and open the `bitcoin-qt.pro` file.
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An executable named `bitcoin-qt` will be built.
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Berkely DB version warning
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A warning for people using the *static binary* version of Bitcoin (tl;dr: **Berkely DB databases are not forward compatible**).
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The static binary version of Bitcoin is linked against libdb4.7 or libdb4.8 (see also `this Debian issue`_).
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Now the nasty thing is that databases from 5.X are not compatible with 4.X.
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If the globally installed development package of Berkely DB installed on your system is 5.X, any source you
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build yourself will be linked against that. The first time you run with a 5.X version the database will be upgraded,
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and 4.X cannot open the new format. This means that you cannot go back to the old statically linked version without
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significant hassle!
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.. _`this Debian issue`: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621425
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