<p>Yes. Go to Bitcoin-Qt -> Help -> Debug Window.</p>

<p>Help -> Command Line Options gives a list of all options.</p>

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2014-12-15T07:13:18.687Z
2014-12-15T07:13:18.687Z
darren
<p><em>TL;DR: Yes, "make ./src/bitcoin-cli".</em></p>

<hr>

<p>The full procedure (with bitcoin-0.11.0, you may want to download a newer version if any):</p>

<pre><code>cd ~/
wget https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.11.0/bitcoin-0.11.0.tar.gz
sha256sum bitcoin-0.11.0.tar.gz | grep 51ba1756addfa71567559e3f22331c1d908a63571891287689fff7113035d09f
tar xfz bitcoin-0.11.0.tar.gz
cd bitcoin-0.11.0
./configure --enable-hardening --disable-wallet --disable-upnp-default --without-miniupnpc
make ./src/bitcoin-cli
</code></pre>

<p>Check that everything is fine:</p>

<pre><code>./src/bitcoin-cli --help
</code></pre>

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2015-07-17T11:16:00.743Z
This answer seems to miss the point as the asker states he does ***not*** want to build from the source.
Murch
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2015-07-17T09:40:36.203Z
2015-07-17T09:40:36.203Z
Thireus
<p>I'd like to use the bitcoin client to examine some of the inner workings of bitcoin-qt (non-invasively, using gets and lists mostly). Is it possible to do this alongside the standard executable? I don't really want to download and build everything from source.</p>

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2014-12-15T06:08:44.983Z
I don't understand what you're asking. `bitcoin-cli` is distributed alongside `bitcoin-qt`. What do you mean by examing Bitcoin using gets and lists?
Nick ODell
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2014-12-15T06:28:44.807Z
I'm running bitcoin core but I haven't built it, just dowloaded the executable. I want to use bitcoin-cli to send commands such as getinfo, listtransactions, getbalance, etc. Possibly I can do that through bitcoin core's UI. Currently I'm waiting for it to start up on my system.
darren
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2014-12-15T17:44:24.417Z
This is a bit difficult with the bitcoin-cli but check out some libraries like [this](https://github.com/vbuterin/pybitcointools) which constructs transactions and signs them or [toshi](https://github.com/coinbase/toshi) which was put out by coinbase and offers a lot more customization.
Loourr
<bitcoin-core>
Is it possible to get bitcoin-cli without having to build all bitcoin source?
darren
# Is it possible to get bitcoin-cli without having to build all bitcoin source?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-15)

I'd like to use the bitcoin client to examine some of the inner workings of bitcoin-qt (non-invasively, using gets and lists mostly). Is it possible to do this alongside the standard executable? I don't really want to download and build everything from source.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I don't understand what you're asking. `bitcoin-cli` is distributed alongside `bitcoin-qt`. What do you mean by examing Bitcoin using gets and lists?  
> **username_0**: I'm running bitcoin core but I haven't built it, just dowloaded the executable. I want to use bitcoin-cli to send commands such as getinfo, listtransactions, getbalance, etc. Possibly I can do that through bitcoin core's UI. Currently I'm waiting for it to start up on my system.  
> **username_2**: This is a bit difficult with the bitcoin-cli but check out some libraries like [this](https://github.com/vbuterin/pybitcointools) which constructs transactions and signs them or [toshi](https://github.com/coinbase/toshi) which was put out by coinbase and offers a lot more customization.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2014-12-15. Score: 1

Yes. Go to Bitcoin-Qt -> Help -> Debug Window.

Help -> Command Line Options gives a list of all options.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-07-17. Score: 1

*TL;DR: Yes, "make ./src/bitcoin-cli".*

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The full procedure (with bitcoin-0.11.0, you may want to download a newer version if any):

```
cd ~/
wget https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.11.0/bitcoin-0.11.0.tar.gz
sha256sum bitcoin-0.11.0.tar.gz | grep 51ba1756addfa71567559e3f22331c1d908a63571891287689fff7113035d09f
tar xfz bitcoin-0.11.0.tar.gz
cd bitcoin-0.11.0
./configure --enable-hardening --disable-wallet --disable-upnp-default --without-miniupnpc
make ./src/bitcoin-cli

```

Check that everything is fine:

```
./src/bitcoin-cli --help

```

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: This answer seems to miss the point as the asker states he does ***not*** want to build from the source.  

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