Install instructions for Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop

README.md

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 Install instructions (Ubuntu 20.04 **Desktop** ISO):
 If you want to install kbkminer on the Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop edition, instead of the Server edition, use the following minor modifications instead:
 * ```sudo apt install nvidia-driver-470``` followed by ```sudo apt install git```
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+Install instructions (Ubuntu 18.04 **Desktop** ISO):
+* Install Ubuntu 18.04 desktop on a PC with at least one Nvidia GPU, memory requirement on GPU at least 1075MiB.
+* Boot into the new server and do the following ```sudo apt update``` ```sudo apt upgrade``` ```sudo reboot```
+* ```sudo apt install build-essential dkms freeglut3 freeglut3-dev libxi-dev libxmu-dev```
+* ```wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/cuda-ubuntu1804.pin```
+* ```sudo mv cuda-ubuntu1804.pin /etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600```
+* ```sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub```
+* ```sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/ /"```
+* ```sudo apt update``` ```sudo apt install cuda-10-1```
+* Reboot the PC
+* Check the CUDA version with ```nvcc --version```. In this example V10.1.243 was used.
+* ```export PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}```
+* ```export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib64${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}```
+* ```sudo apt install python3-venv git python3.8 python3.8-venv python3.8-dev```
+* ```python3.8 -m venv myenv```
+* ```source myenv/bin/activate```
+* ```sudo apt install python3-pip```
+* ```git clone https://github.com/Bismuthfoundation/Bismuth.git``` followed by ```cd Bismuth```
+* ```pip3 install wheel```
+* ```sudo apt install autoconf libtool libffi-dev```
+* ```pip3 install -r requirements-node.txt```
+* ```screen -mS node python3 node.py``` You need to wait a while for the Junction Noise file to be created and the ledger bootstrapped and synced. While you wait you can press Ctrl-A d to detach from the screen session, and screen -r node to go back.
+* ```cd ~ git``` ```clone https://github.com/Bismuthfoundation/Optipoolware.git```
+* ```cd Optipoolware pip3 install -r requirements.txt```
+* ```cp optipoolware.py ../Bismuth``` ```cp pool.txt ../Bismuth```
+* ```cd ~/Bismuth``` ```screen -mS pool python3 optipoolware.py``` You can press Ctrl-A dto detach from the pool session, and screen -r pool to go back.
+* ```sudo apt install cmake gcc-8 g++-8```
+* ```cd ~``` ```git clone https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git```
+* ```cd pybind11``` ```cmake .``` ```make``` ```sudo make install```
+* ```cd ~``` ```git clone https://github.com/Bismuthfoundation/kbkminer.git```
+* ```cd kbkminer``` ```chmod u+x``` mycompile.sh``` ```./mycompile.sh```
+* Edit miner.txt to use your own miner_address
+* ```cp optihash.py ../Bismuth``` ```cp miner.txt ../Bismuth``` ```cp bis.so ../Bismuth```
+* Do not start the miner before the ledger is fully synced. The variable last_block_ago should be less than 300 seconds. Check with ```cd ~/Bismuth``` ```python3 commands.py statusget```
+* ```cd ~/Bismuth``` ```screen -mS miner python3 optihash.py``` You can press Ctrl-A dto detach from the miner session, and screen -r miner to go back.
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