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[readme] remove 'gulp --update-nodes', add note on clientBinaries.json #1347

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32 changes: 4 additions & 28 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ If you want install the app from a pre-built version on the [release page](https
you can simply run the executeable after download.

For updating simply download the new version and copy it over the old one (keep a backup of the old one if you want to be sure).

#### Config folder
The data folder for Mist is stored in other places:

- Windows `%APPDATA%\Mist`
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$ cd mist
$ git submodule update --init
$ npm install
$ gulp update-nodes

To update Mist in the future, run:

$ cd mist
$ git pull && git submodule update
$ npm install
$ gulp update-nodes


#### Options
It may be preferable to only download platform-specific nodes by passing the --platform flag, please refer to the [options section](#platform).

### Run Mist

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$ cd mist
$ electron .

*NOTE: client-binaries (e.g. [geth](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum)) specified in [clientBinaries.json](https://github.com/ethereum/mist/blob/master/clientBinaries.json) will be checked during every startup and downloaded if out-of-date, binaries are stored in the [config folder](#config-folder)*

### Run the Wallet

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To generate the binaries simply run:

$ cd mist
$ gulp update-nodes
$ gulp

// Or to generate the wallet (using the https://github.com/ethereum/meteor-dapp-wallet -> master)
Expand All @@ -169,26 +165,6 @@ This will generate the binaries inside the `dist_mist/release` or `dist_wallet/r

#### Options

##### platform

Additional you can only build the windows, linux, mac or all binary by using the `platform` option:

$ gulp update-nodes --platform mac

// And
$ gulp mist --platform mac

// Or
$ gulp mist --platform mac,win


Options are:

- `mac` (Mac OSX)
- `win` (Windows)
- `linux` (Linux)
- `all` (default)

##### walletSource

With the `walletSource` you can specify the branch to use, default ist `master`:
Expand All @@ -206,7 +182,7 @@ Options are:

Spits out the SHA256 checksums of distributables.

It expects installer/zip files to be in the generated folders e.g. `dist_wallet/release`
It expects installer/zip files to be in the generated folders e.g. `dist_mist/release`

$ gulp mist-checksums

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