How-To build CPUMiner for Bitcoin from sources on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr

Install additional Software

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev pkg-config automake yasm

Download and install CPUMiner Source

git clone https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer.git
cd cpuminer

Configure and Compile CPUMiner from sources on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr

./autogen.sh
./configure CFLAGS="-O3"
make
sudo checkinstall

Install the new compiled CPUMiner .deb Package

If the build is successful, .deb binary package file will be produced like

    cd ..
    ls *.deb
       cpuminer_2.4-1_i386.deb

Install the package set (on your build system, or on a different target system) with dpkg -i:

    sudo dpkg -i cpuminer_2.4-1_i386.deb

Further Documentation

• CPUMiner Sources

• CPUMiner Website

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