For me this UBUNTU_BUILD.md worked:
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 .
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/
The instructions in the wiki somehow are different because when you copy/paste this : 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 zlib1g-dev
...it looks different in the terminal than with the UBUNTU_BUILD from the top of my posting.Edit: Once it works please let me know if you can start it again after clicking "Quit" and it closes without errors. In case it will show an error, you can delete the config.json file. It could be that it will start downloading blocks from zero after you restart. If this happens, please let us know thank you