How to Build CPUMINER from Source Code in Debian

cpuminer is a miner program for Litecoin and Bitcoin cryptocurrencies. It runs on CPUs (it does not need a graphic card to run).

By default it uses scrypt algorithm, but it can be configured to use SHA-256 one.

Build cpuminer from source code:

In order to build cpuminer from source code we will download its source code from its repository:
$ sudo aptitude install git
$ git clone https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer
$ cd cpuminer
$ less README

Next we install some dependencies to be able to build it.
$ sudo aptitude install automake
$ sudo aptitude install pkg-config
$ sudo aptitude install gcc
$ sudo aptitude install make

NOTE: without this package: "possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR" error appears
$ sudo aptitude install libcurl3-gnutls-dev


Create configure and Makefile files:
$ ./autogen.sh
configure.ac:15: installing './compile'
configure.ac:4: installing './config.guess'
configure.ac:4: installing './config.sub'
configure.ac:6: installing './install-sh'
configure.ac:6: installing './missing'
Makefile.am:12: warning: 'INCLUDES' is the old name for 'AM_CPPFLAGS' (or '*_CPPFLAGS')
Makefile.am: installing './INSTALL'
Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'



Build the sources:

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