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⇱ Install Electrum on Ubuntu 18.04: Step-by-Step Guide

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Objective

The objective is to download, verify and install electrum bitcoin wallet on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux Desktop

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
  • Software: – Electrum 3.0.6 or higher

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

  • # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
  • $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Instructions

Download Bitcoin Wallet

First step is to download Electrum Bitcoin wallet. Navigate your browser to the official Electrum download page and locate the URL of the latest Electrum bitcoin wallet *.tar.gz file. At the time of writing the latest version is 3.0.6.

Use wget command to download both, the actual tar ball as well as signature which will be used later to verify authenticity of the downloaded package. Example:

$ wget https://download.electrum.org/3.0.6/Electrum-3.0.6.tar.gz https://download.electrum.org/3.0.6/Electrum-3.0.6.tar.gz.asc

Verify Bitcoin Wallet download

Next step is to verify the actual download. The source code is signed by Thomas Voegtlin (https://electrum.org). Let’s import a relevant key signature:

$ gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 2BD5824B7F9470E6
gpg: key 2BD5824B7F9470E6: public key "Thomas Voegtlin (https://electrum.org)

With the signature imported, verify the downloaded Electrum tarball:

$ gpg --verify Electrum-3.0.6.tar.gz.asc Electrum-3.0.6.tar.gz 
gpg: Signature made Sat 03 Feb 2018 19:59:22 AEDT 
gpg: using RSA key 2BD5824B7F9470E6 
gpg: Good signature from "Thomas Voegtlin (https://electrum.org)

Note the Good signature on the above Line 4.

Install Bitcoin Wallet

At this stage we are ready to install Electrum bitcoin wallet. First install all prerequisites:

$ sudo apt -y install python3-pip python3-pyqt5

Next, install the actual Electrum bitcoin wallet. Replace the Electrum package name with your downloaded version:

$ sudo pip3 install Electrum-3.0.6.tar.gz

Start Bitcoin Wallet

You can start Electrum bitcoin wallet by opening a terminal and executing command:

$ electrum

Alternatively, search your start menu for Electrum bitcoin wallet: