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authorsuper3 <me@super3.org>2013-10-15 23:14:30 -0400
committersuper3 <me@super3.org>2013-10-15 23:37:30 -0400
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Finished /Contrib Index. Standardized READMEs.
File and Link Fix.
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+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Gavin's notes on getting gitian builds up and running using KVM:
+### Gavin's notes on getting gitian builds up and running using KVM:###
These instructions distilled from:
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation
+[ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation]( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation)
... see there for complete details.
You need the right hardware: you need a 64-bit-capable CPU with hardware virtualization support (Intel VT-x or AMD-V). Not all modern CPUs support hardware virtualization.
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ You need the right hardware: you need a 64-bit-capable CPU with hardware virtual
You probably need to enable hardware virtualization in your machine's BIOS.
You need to be running a recent version of 64-bit-Ubuntu, and you need to install several prerequisites:
- sudo apt-get install ruby apache2 git apt-cacher-ng python-vm-builder qemu-kvm
+
+ sudo apt-get install ruby apache2 git apt-cacher-ng python-vm-builder qemu-kvm
Sanity checks:
- sudo service apt-cacher-ng status # Should return apt-cacher-ng is running
- ls -l /dev/kvm # Should show a /dev/kvm device
+
+ sudo service apt-cacher-ng status # Should return apt-cacher-ng is running
+ ls -l /dev/kvm # Should show a /dev/kvm device
Once you've got the right hardware and software:
@@ -22,10 +24,12 @@ Once you've got the right hardware and software:
git clone git://github.com/devrandom/gitian-builder.git
mkdir gitian-builder/inputs
cd gitian-builder/inputs
+
# Inputs for Linux and Win32:
wget -O miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz 'http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/download.php?file=miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz'
wget 'http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/qrencode-3.2.0.tar.bz2'
- # Inputs for Win32: (Linux has packages for these)
+
+ # Inputs for Win32: (Linux has packages for these)
wget 'https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.50.0/boost_1_50_0.tar.bz2'
wget 'http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1c.tar.gz'
wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz'
@@ -58,31 +62,29 @@ Once you've got the right hardware and software:
---------------------
-gitian-builder now also supports building using LXC. See
- https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/lxc.html
+`gitian-builder` now also supports building using LXC. See
+[ https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/lxc.html]( https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/lxc.html)
... for how to get LXC up and running under Ubuntu.
If your main machine is a 64-bit Mac or PC with a few gigabytes of memory
-and at least 10 gigabytes of free disk space, you can gitian-build using
+and at least 10 gigabytes of free disk space, you can `gitian-build` using
LXC running inside a virtual machine.
Here's a description of Gavin's setup on OSX 10.6:
-1. Download and install VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/
+1. Download and install VirtualBox from [https://www.virtualbox.org/](https://www.virtualbox.org/)
2. Download the 64-bit Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS .iso CD image from
- http://www.ubuntu.com/
+ [http://www.ubuntu.com/](http://www.ubuntu.com/)
-3. Run VirtualBox and create a new virtual machine, using the
- Ubuntu .iso (see the VirtualBox documentation for details).
- Create it with at least 2 gigabytes of memory and a disk
- that is at least 20 gigabytes big.
+3. Run VirtualBox and create a new virtual machine, using the Ubuntu .iso (see the [VirtualBox documentation](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation) for details). Create it with at least 2 gigabytes of memory and a disk that is at least 20 gigabytes big.
4. Inside the running Ubuntu desktop, install:
- sudo apt-get install debootstrap lxc ruby apache2 git apt-cacher-ng python-vm-builder
-5. Still inside Ubuntu, tell gitian-builder to use LXC, then follow the "Once you've got the right
- hardware and software" instructions above:
- export USE_LXC=1
- git clone git://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
- ... etc
+ sudo apt-get install debootstrap lxc ruby apache2 git apt-cacher-ng python-vm-builder
+
+5. Still inside Ubuntu, tell gitian-builder to use LXC, then follow the "Once you've got the right hardware and software" instructions above:
+
+ export USE_LXC=1
+ git clone git://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git
+ ... etc \ No newline at end of file