How To Install cgminer on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cgminer on Ubuntu.
What is cgminer
cgminer is:
Bitcoin miner software with multi-threaded multi-pool mining support.
BitCoins are a digital currency, exchanged freely against all other currencies. Coins may be issued by everyone, one just needs considerable computer power - and luck. To even out rewards for one’s contribution, many initiative have forms to provide pools of computers and share the load.
There are three methods to install cgminer on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cgminer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cgminer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cgminer
Install cgminer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cgminer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cgminer
Install cgminer Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cgminer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cgminer
How To Uninstall cgminer on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the cgminer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cgminer
Uninstall cgminer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cgminer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cgminer
Remove cgminer Configurations and Data
To remove cgminer configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cgminer
Remove cgminer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cgminer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cgminer
Dependencies
cgminer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cgminer package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.