These instructions worked on a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 LTS image.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cmake git libreadline-dev uuid-dev g++ libdb++-dev libdb-dev zip libssl-dev openssl build-essential python-dev autotools-dev libicu-dev libbz2-dev libboost-dev libboost-all-dev
git clone https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares.git
cd bitshares
git submodule init
git submodule update
cmake .
export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
make
For the Qt Wallet, some extra steps are required:
sudo apt-get install npm qt5-default libqt5webkit5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools nodejs-legacy
cd bitshares
cmake -DINCLUDE_QT_WALLET=ON .
cd programs/web_wallet
sudo npm install -g lineman
npm install
cd -
make buildweb
make BitShares
By default, the web wallet will not be rebuilt even after pulling new changes. To force the web wallet to rebuild, use make forcebuildweb.
The binary will be located at programs/qt_wallet/BitShares The wallet can be installed as a local application capable of handling xts: URLs like so:
sudo cp programs/qt_wallet/bin/BitShares /usr/local/bin/
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/icons/
sudo cp programs/qt_wallet/images/qtapp80.png /usr/local/share/icons/BitShares.png
sudo cp programs/qt_wallet/BitShares.desktop /usr/local/share/applications/