diff --git a/HOWTO.rst b/HOWTO.rst index e409859..dde2f81 100644 --- a/HOWTO.rst +++ b/HOWTO.rst @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ to at least 2,500. Note that setting the limit in your shell does *NOT* affect ElectrumX unless you are invoking ElectrumX directly from your shell. If you are using `systemd`, you need to set it in the `.service` file (see -`samples/systemd/electrumx.service`_). +`contrib/systemd/electrumx.service`_). Using daemontools @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ you might do:: Then copy the all sample scripts from the ElectrumX source tree there:: - cp -R /path/to/repo/electrumx/samples/daemontools ~/scripts/electrumx + cp -R /path/to/repo/electrumx/contrib/daemontools ~/scripts/electrumx This copies 3 things: the top level server run script, a log/ directory with the logger run script, an env/ directory. @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Using systemd This repository contains a sample systemd unit file that you can use to setup ElectrumX with systemd. Simply copy it to :code:`/etc/systemd/system`:: - cp samples/systemd/electrumx.service /etc/systemd/system/ + cp contrib/systemd/electrumx.service /etc/systemd/system/ The sample unit file assumes that the repository is located at :code:`/home/electrumx/electrumx`. If that differs on your system, you need to @@ -199,6 +199,24 @@ minutes to flush cached data to disk during initial sync. You should set TimeoutStopSec to *at least* 10 mins in your `.service` file. +Installing Python 3.6 under Ubuntu +---------------------------------- + +Many Ubuntu distributions have an incompatible Python version baked in. +Because of this, it is easier to install Python 3.6 rather than attempting +to update Python 3.5.2 to 3.5.3. See `contrib/python3.6/python-3.6.sh`_. + + +Installing on Raspberry Pi 3 +---------------------------- + +To install on the Raspberry Pi 3 you will need to update to the "stretch" distribution. +See the full procedure in `contrib/raspberrypi3/install_electrumx.sh`_. + +See also `contrib/raspberrypi3/run_electrumx.sh`_ for an easy way to configure and +launch electrumx. + + Sync Progress ============= @@ -377,10 +395,14 @@ copy of your certificate and key in case you need to restore them. .. _`ENVIRONMENT.rst`: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/blob/master/docs/ENVIRONMENT.rst -.. _`samples/systemd/electrumx.service`: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/blob/master/samples/systemd/electrumx.service +.. _`contrib/systemd/electrumx.service`: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/blob/master/contrib/systemd/electrumx.service .. _`daemontools`: http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html .. _`runit`: http://smarden.org/runit/index.html .. _`aiohttp`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/aiohttp .. _`pylru`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylru .. _`IRC`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/irc .. _`x11_hash`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/x11_hash +.. _`contrib/python3.6/python-3.6.sh`: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/blob/master/contrib/contrib/python3.6/python-3.6.sh +.. _`contrib/raspberrypi3/install_electrumx.sh`: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/blob/master/contrib/contrib/raspberrypi3/install_electrumx.sh +.. _`contrib/raspberrypi3/run_electrumx.sh`: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/blob/master/contrib/contrib/raspberrypi3/run_electrumx.sh +