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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2011-06-11 23:12:39 +0200
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2011-06-11 23:13:29 +0200
commit0304f4a759eba07e6d0f3e210094867d8da2fb90 (patch)
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add build instructions to doc
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@@ -37,3 +37,25 @@ This has to be done:
- Internationalization (convert WX language files)
- Build on Windows
+
+Build instructions
+===================
+
+First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your
+distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are:
+
+::
+
+ apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev
+
+then execute the following:
+
+::
+
+ qmake
+ make
+
+Alternatively, install Qt Creator and open the `bitcoin.pro` file.
+
+An executable named `bitcoin` will be built.
+