Complete Guide: Installing bfgminer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "bfgminer" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bfgminer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bfgminer
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bfgminer" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall bfgminer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bfgminer
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bfgminer package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bfgminer
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1407
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Bitcoin Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.2.0+dfsg-1build1
Depends: libbase58-0 (>= 0.1.3), libblkmaker-0.1-6 (>= 0.5.0), libc6 (>= 2.17), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.18.2), libevent-2.0-5 (>= 2.0.10-stable), libjansson4 (>= 2.1), libmicrohttpd10 (>= 0.9.38), libncurses5 (>= 6), libsensors4 (>= 1:3.0.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libudev1 (>= 183), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.9~)
Recommends: ocl-icd-libopencl1, opencl-icd
Filename: pool/universe/b/bfgminer/bfgminer_5.2.0+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 484426
MD5sum: 668be6804ece2b158ad7f541087838b3
SHA1: c8fcd4b0cac580557316e7ef7be1acbca5b71031
SHA256: 69aa4e4f1ec94e9ba1eb2a4caaa5220ea999d1cb245b3e16a409643e994d9c32
Description-en: multi-threaded multi-pool ASIC, FPGA and GPU bitcoin miner
Bitcoin miner software with multi-threaded multi-pool GPU, FPGA and ASIC
mining support.
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BitCoins are a digital currency, exchanged freely against
all other currencies. Coins may be issued by everyone, one
just needs considerable computer power - and luck. To even
out rewards for one's contribution, many initiative have
forms to provide pools of computers and share the load.
Description-md5: e28f554577090dec33c92c57e0620a77
Homepage: https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu