building armory-qt

Install and configure brew
$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSkL raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
$ touch ~/.bashrc
$ echo "export PATH=\`brew --prefix\`/bin:\`brew --prefix\`/share/python:\$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
$ echo "export CFLAGS=\"-arch x86_64\"" >> ~/.bashrc
$ echo "export ARCHFLAGS=\"-arch x86_64\"" >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ brew doctor
Do what the doctor says!  This will more than likely include installing XCode from the App Store and then installing the "Command line tools" from "Xcode > Preferences > Downloads"


Now you have two choices.  You can install the code via my brew tap, or you can use git to clone BitcoinArmory and build it manually yourself.

I recommend using method 1.

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METHOD 1: BREW TAP
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$ brew tap WyseNynja/bitcoin
$ brew fetch --deps wysenynja/bitcoin/armory-qt

Fetch the Armory signing key, so that verification doesn't fail later:

$ gpg --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 98832223

Make sure armory is from etotheipi's github and everything has the proper hashes.

$ brew install wysenynja/bitcoin/armory-qt

Running armory is incredibly easy!

$ ArmoryQt.command


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METHOD 2: MANUAL
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$ brew install python cryptopp swig sip qt pyqt git
Make sure this ends in success!

I prefer to use brew's python since it is newer (2.7.3 vs ML's 2.7.2). Plus it is installed as my user so I can muck with it without sudo and I don't have to worry about breaking anything on my system.

Then run some more commands
$ pip install twisted
$ mkdir ~/src
$ cd ~/src
$ git clone git://github.com/etotheipi/BitcoinArmory.git
$ cd BitcoinArmory
$ make

Running Armory is a bit awkward, but it isn't too bad.  You have to set PYTHONPATH so the system python can find pyqt and twisted.  I'm not sure why, but I haven't been able to get Armory built against brew's python.  Since "make" built against the system python, you need to make sure that you use the system python. Brew recommends you put it's python in the front of PATH (which you did if you followed my instructions above), so using the full path to the system python makes sure it is used.
$ PYTHONPATH=`brew --prefix`/lib/python2.7/site-packages /usr/bin/python ~/src/BitcoinArmory/ArmoryQt.py


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OTHER PACKAGES
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Currently, Armory requires the satoshi client (bitcoin-qt or bitcoind) in order to connect to the Bitcoin network.  You can either run bitcoin-qt or bitcoind.  To get bitcoind on OSX, you can use my brew tap to install the latest stable version.

$ brew install wysenynja/bitcoin/bitcoind

You can also install the latest master, or luke-jr's next-test branch

$ brew install wysenynja/bitcoin/bitcoind --HEAD
$ brew install wysenynja/bitcoin/bitcoind-next-test --HEAD