Install the Cloakcoin Client
Contents
Instalation of the Windows Edition
- If you are going to install the Cloakcoin wallet for the first time jump to point 6.
- If you have installed a previous version, please stop the running wallet.
- Backup your wallet.dat
- If your previous version is CloakCoin 1.x, please make a deinstallation!!!
- If your previous version is CloakCoin 2.x, you can make an update and dont need to make a deinstallation.
- Donwload the latest client from cloakcoin.com
- Unzip the download.
- Now start the downloaded exe file and run it as an administrator.
- Follow the instructions from the installer.
- Say yes to the 'auto blockchain downloader' this will be the fastest way!
- Start your new Cloakcoin 2.0 wallet and let it find other nodes and sync the blockchain
Instalation of the Linux Edition
- If you have installed a previous version, please stop the running wallet.
- Backup your wallet.dat
- Remove the old installation
- Open a terminal as user
cd
mv .CloakCoin .CloakCoin_backup
- Unzip the download.
- Open a terminal with root rights
cd /opt
mkdir -vp cloakcoin/2.0.2.1_defender
cd !$
mv /path/to/unzipped/cloakcoin* .
chmod +x cloakcoin*
ln -s /opt/cloakcoin/2.0.2.1_defender/cloakcoin-qt /usr/local/bin/cloakcoin
- On some debian/ubuntu distributions you need to installing missing libs as with root privileges:
apt-get update
apt-get install libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls
- run cloakcoin with your user account
- Follow the instructions from the installer.
- Say yes to the 'auto blockchain downloader' this will be the faster way!
- Let your wallet find other nodes and sync the blockchain