Help needed with installing Bitcoin Core on a Chromebook

[MAX99]

Hi folks, it's been a long time since I last posted but today I'm back.

I'm having trouble setting up bitcore core on my linux virtual machine.

I downloaded the bitcoin core tarball already and here are my outputs from the linux terminal:

Command: tar xzf bitcoin-22.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
Output from command: cannot open: no such file or directory

How should I proceed from here?

[zezaiement]

It seems like the error message you received indicates that the file you are trying to extract does not exist in the current directory. Double-check that you are in the correct directory where the downloaded file is located.
If the file is in a different directory, you can either navigate to that directory using the cd command or provide the full path to the file in the tar command.
For example, if the file is located in the Downloads directory, you can navigate to it using the command:

Code:

cd ~/Downloads/

and then run the tar command.
Try this command to check whether specified file is in your current directory:

Code:

ls -la

Alternatively, you can provide the full path to the file in the tar command, like this:

Code:

tar xzf /path/to/bitcoin-22.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions or issues.

[DaveF]

1) You should not do this unless you have enough free space (over 500GB)

2) Unless you have one of the faster chromebooks it's going to be miserably slow.

3) Which Chromebook do you have? You downloaded the x86_64 version. Some chromebooks are not x86 based.

-Dave

[MAX99]

It seems like the error message you received indicates that the file you are trying to extract does not exist in the current directory. Double-check that you are in the correct directory where the downloaded file is located.
If the file is in a different directory, you can either navigate to that directory using the cd command or provide the full path to the file in the tar command.
For example, if the file is located in the Downloads directory, you can navigate to it using the command:

Code:

cd ~/Downloads/

and then run the tar command.
Try this command to check whether specified file is in your current directory:

Code:

ls -la

Alternatively, you can provide the full path to the file in the tar command, like this:

Code:

tar xzf /path/to/bitcoin-22.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions or issues.

I tried the command

Code:

ls -la

and the bitcoin core tarball is not listed.

The problem is can't get the

Code:

tar xzf /path/to/bitcoin-22.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

code to work, because the terminal won't accept the path I enter.

The bitcoin core tarball is in My files/Downloads on my Chromebook, but that path doesn't seem to work.

Have a look here and you'll see the outputs from the linux virtual machine terminal:

https://ibb.co/LYwcxYp

[MAX99]

1) You should not do this unless you have enough free space (over 500GB)

2) Unless you have one of the faster chromebooks it's going to be miserably slow.

3) Which Chromebook do you have? You downloaded the x86_64 version. Some chromebooks are not x86 based.

-Dave

1) I am going to get some external SSD storage to store the bitcoin blockchain on.

2) My Chromebook is pretty new, bought it on amazon late last year.

3) I have the Chromebook Octopus. I looked up the specs for the processor and found that I am running an Intel x86 64bit processor on this Chromebook.

[BitMaxz]

The path or command you are trying to enter is not the correct path since Chromebook is a Linux-based OS or if you are using Linux VM then try this command below

if the tarball is in My files/Downloads  then this should be the command to go on that path

Code:

cd ~/My files/Downloads 

Meaning you forgot to add ~ and /
Update here if it works if not try the pwd command to show the current path you are in.

[MAX99]

The path or command you are trying to enter is not the correct path since Chromebook is a Linux-based OS or if you are using Linux VM then try this command below

if the tarball is in My files/Downloads  then this should be the command to go on that path

Code:

cd ~/My files/Downloads 

Meaning you forgot to add ~ and /
Update here if it works if not try the pwd command to show the current path you are in.

Here is the output from your command modifications:
https://ibb.co/41jmk3B

[BitMaxz]

Here is the output from your command modifications:
https://ibb.co/41jmk3B

That error is due to your folder with extra space next time rename your folder "My files" into a single folder name like "Myfiles" to avoid this error. Anyway would you mind to try this command below

Code:

cd ~"/My files/Downloads"

Or this one

Code:

cd ~/"My files"/Downloads

Let's see what will be the result.

[MAX99]

Here is the output from those commands:

https://ibb.co/VDwmZQK

[BitMaxz]

It seems that the directory that you are trying to access is not in your linux virtual machine and that folder is in your chromebook local folder?

Can you check your current directory using this command

Code:

cd

Then

Code:

pwd

After that use this command below to show directories including sub-directories

Code:

ls -R

Then post the result here. If My files/Downloads is not show it means that folder is not exist in your Virtual machine I think you will need symlink or ln -s command to add that folder there is a guide on Youtube how to do it here https://youtu.be/DlZQTlLgpXQ

[MAX99]

Here is the output from these commands:

https://ibb.co/ZMvyCzw

[mendace]

I don't want to sound too harsh but I advise you to leave it alone because I understand that you don't have much experience in terminal installations on linux and you only risk doing great damage

[MAX99]

I don't want to sound too harsh but I advise you to leave it alone because I understand that you don't have much experience in terminal installations on linux and you only risk doing great damage

This guy got Bitcoin Core running on his Chromebook here
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/ycv9ce/running_bitcoin_core_full_node_on_a_99_chromebook/

[MAX99]

The processor is an Intel Celeron

[ABCbits]

The processor is an Intel Celeron

There are so many types of Intel Celeron. I tried looking at list of Intel Celeron[1] which released on 2021 or newer, but it varied from 2-5 cores and from 1.1 GHz to 3.4 GHz. If your CPU happen to have 2 core or have speed below 2 GHz, many people would say it's relative slow to run full node.

[1] https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/43521/intel-celeron-processor.html#@nofilter

[BitMaxz]

Here is the output from these commands:

https://ibb.co/ZMvyCzw

Ouch, there is no result on using the ls -R command it should show all folders and subdirectories. Actually, it's very hard to troubleshoot this issue without the device on hand.

Maybe even the dir command does not show anything?

Have you ever tried to check the folder directly without using a terminal shell? If you can then you can right-click the tar file to extract or open a terminal on that folder.

I can't think more about how to fix this but I have my last option I think you can try to install Bitcoin core through snap check the guide from this link below.

- https://snapcraft.io/install/bitcoin-core/raspbian

Hope this one will work.

[MAX99]

Here is the output from these commands:

https://ibb.co/ZMvyCzw

Ouch, there is no result on using the ls -R command it should show all folders and subdirectories. Actually, it's very hard to troubleshoot this issue without the device on hand.

Maybe even the dir command does not show anything?

Have you ever tried to check the folder directly without using a terminal shell? If you can then you can right-click the tar file to extract or open a terminal on that folder.

I can't think more about how to fix this but I have my last option I think you can try to install Bitcoin core through snap check the guide from this link below.

- https://snapcraft.io/install/bitcoin-core/raspbian

Hope this one will work.

What if I bought a rasperry pi or blitz, would that work with my chromebook?

[mendace]

Here is the output from these commands:

https://ibb.co/ZMvyCzw

Ouch, there is no result on using the ls -R command it should show all folders and subdirectories. Actually, it's very hard to troubleshoot this issue without the device on hand.

Maybe even the dir command does not show anything?

Have you ever tried to check the folder directly without using a terminal shell? If you can then you can right-click the tar file to extract or open a terminal on that folder.

I can't think more about how to fix this but I have my last option I think you can try to install Bitcoin core through snap check the guide from this link below.

- https://snapcraft.io/install/bitcoin-core/raspbian

Hope this one will work.

Other than the fact that I would never recommend installing software from snap for several reasons, I don't see how it can work if it was developed for raspbian and we have a chromebook here

[MAX99]

As i said previously, you should try download Bitcoin Core tarball file inside/from your VM.

Whats the code to do that?