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How to install Alias wallet on x86-64 Linux

In the following a description on how to install Alias wallet on Ubuntu 18.04.

Preparing system

Update package lists and update system:

root@myStaker:~# apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y

Install dependencies

Install some dependencies and convenience tools

root@myStaker:~# apt-get update
root@myStaker:~# apt-get install -y \
	apt-transport-https \
	curl \
	gpg-agent \
	libqt5quickwidgets5 \
	mc \
	qml-module-qtquick2 \
	qml-module-qtwebchannel \
	qml-module-qtwebengine \
	qml-module-qtwebsockets \
	qml-module-qtwebview \
	unzip \
	wget

Install Tor:

Alias requires Tor version 0.4 or newer. The default version for Ubuntu 18.04 is 0.3.2, which is too old. Because of this you need to install Tor using the following installation steps, which use the up2date package right from the Tor site.

So for Ubuntu 18.04:

root@myStaker:~# echo "deb https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org bionic main"      > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tor.list
root@myStaker:~# echo "deb-src https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org bionic main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tor.list

root@myStaker:~# curl https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89.asc | gpg --import
root@myStaker:~# gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | apt-key add -
root@myStaker:~# apt update
root@myStaker:~# apt install -y tor deb.torproject.org-keyring

See https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en for other systems.

Install Alias binaries

To install the two binaries aliaswallet (UI) and aliaswalletd (daemon) just extract the downloaded archive on the filesystem root. The archive contains the proper directory structure, so the binaries will be located below /usr/local/bin/. Please note to update the used download URL with the current download URL!

The binaries are static in the sense of their requirements but there are still dedicated versions for the supported Linux distribution. Don't forget to replace the download url below with the corresponding one for your system, you can find them on https://alias.cash/wallets

root@myStaker:~# cd /tmp/
root@myStaker:~# wget https://download.alias.cash/files/4.3.1/Alias-4.3.1-425be867-Ubuntu-20-04.tgz
root@myStaker:~# cd /
root@myStaker:~# sudo tar xzf /tmp/Alias-4.3.1-425be867-Ubuntu-20-04.tgz

To check if the daemon is working in general, just check it's version:

root@myStaker:~# aliaswalletd -version
v4.3.1...

Create account

At first we create the account, which should be used to run the wallet:

root@myStaker:~# groupadd staker
root@myStaker:~# useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash --gid staker staker
root@myStaker:~# passwd staker
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully
root@myStaker:~#

Install bootstrap blockchain data

Now switch to the new account to download and extract the bootstrap blockchain:

root@myStaker:~# su - staker
staker@myStaker:~$ cd ~
staker@myStaker:~$ wget https://download.alias.cash/files/bootstrap/BootstrapChain.zip
...
staker@myStaker:~$ mkdir ~/.aliaswallet/
staker@myStaker:~$ cd ~/.aliaswallet/
staker@myStaker:~/.aliaswallet$ unzip ~/BootstrapChain.zip
Archive:  ~/BootstrapChain.zip
  inflating: blk0001.dat
   creating: txleveldb/
  inflating: txleveldb/088656.ldb
...
staker@myStaker:~/.aliaswallet$

After that you can start the wallet by executing aliaswallet:

staker@myStaker:~$ aliaswallet
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