Doc: Installation - Debian/Ubuntu

[nicknameul]

Hello.

I tried to install this library and i could not do it because of a mistake in the script installation link.
In Doc you have the following link :

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin/version2/install.sh

when the one that worked for me was :

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin/master/install.sh

If noob issue, i do apologize, but i just wanted to help.
GG on the code

[evoskuil]

Hi @nicknameul - what error do you get with the version2 install?

[skaht]

Try downloading bitcoin-explorer and bitcoin-server using the following git commands:

1. git clone --branch version2 --single-branch https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer
2. git clone --branch version2 --single-branch https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-server

Then try running the install.sh scripts for bitcoin-explorer and bitcoin-server.

[nicknameul]

I'm not able to replicate the error now. Tried to reinstall version 2 now, but it all worked as planned. I thought that it did not work to install that version because Master was the new one and somebody forgot to update the Doc. I'm a total newb when it comes to this.

[evoskuil]

@skaht - it's not necessary to clone, as the install script does this.

[nicknameul]

@skaht - Installed with git clone command. Now i can call bx anytime in Ubuntu terminal. Thanks

[skaht]

@nicknameul - Eric is right that the approach I recommended was not a minimalist approach. The initial clone was an overkill because it downloads a complete distribution for a given branch.

[skaht]

Think Eric meant something like the following should have been done:

A1. wget -O bx-install.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer/version2/install.sh
A2. chmod u+x bx-install.sh
A3. ./bx-install.sh --build-icu --build-boost --build-dir=pwd/build-bx --prefix=pwd/install-bx --disable-shared

B1. wget -O bs-install.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-server/version2/install.sh
B2. chmod u+x bs-install.sh
B3. ./bs-install.sh --build-boost --build-dir=pwd/build-bs --prefix=pwd/install-bs --disable-shared