<p>I want to use bitcoin in Debian. I want to be able to receive BTC and make payments in BTC.</p>

<p>I want to keep my wallet locally, on my computer. I want a light client, I don't want to download the entire blockchain. I simply want to be able to pay and receive BTC.</p>

<p>What should I use?</p>

<p>When I search for this, I'm surprised to not find any binary packages for Debian. Last time I used BTC was many years ago, and it seems there still isn't any binary packages, for something as commonplace as Debian? Do I really need to download and compile the code myself?</p>

<p>Frustrated, I tried to compile bitcoin-qt, installed a ton of dependencies, but I encounter the following:</p>

<pre><code>configure: error: libdb_cxx headers missing, Bitcoin Core requires this library for wallet functionality (--disable-wallet to disable wallet functionality)
</code></pre>

<p>Tried searching for this, hoping it was just another dependency, but I can't find a simple fix.</p>

<p>I also look at this question: <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/699315/how-to-install-bitcoin-qt-wallet-on-debian-7">https://superuser.com/questions/699315/how-to-install-bitcoin-qt-wallet-on-debian-7</a></p>

<p>But it seems to be too old, the instructions (downloading the key) no longer works.</p>

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https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/install_db4.sh ?
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Have had good luck with a similar script.  On Debian I've always had to build libdb from source, and sometimes link the headers explicitly when building bitcoin.
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How to use bitcoin on Debian?
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# How to use bitcoin on Debian?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-23)

I want to use bitcoin in Debian. I want to be able to receive BTC and make payments in BTC.

I want to keep my wallet locally, on my computer. I want a light client, I don't want to download the entire blockchain. I simply want to be able to pay and receive BTC.

What should I use?

When I search for this, I'm surprised to not find any binary packages for Debian. Last time I used BTC was many years ago, and it seems there still isn't any binary packages, for something as commonplace as Debian? Do I really need to download and compile the code myself?

Frustrated, I tried to compile bitcoin-qt, installed a ton of dependencies, but I encounter the following:

```
configure: error: libdb_cxx headers missing, Bitcoin Core requires this library for wallet functionality (--disable-wallet to disable wallet functionality)

```

Tried searching for this, hoping it was just another dependency, but I can't find a simple fix.

I also look at this question: <https://superuser.com/questions/699315/how-to-install-bitcoin-qt-wallet-on-debian-7>

But it seems to be too old, the instructions (downloading the key) no longer works.

**Tags:** linux

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/install_db4.sh ?  
> **username_2**: Have had good luck with a similar script.  On Debian I've always had to build libdb from source, and sometimes link the headers explicitly when building bitcoin.  

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