How to install cpuminer in ubuntu

Question

I am trying to install cpuminer according to this tutorial. Tutorial describes installing cpu miner using termial.

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev pkg-config automake yasm

# clone cpuminer
git clone https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer.git

# compile
cd cpuminer
./autogen.sh
./configure CFLAGS="-O3"
make

# choose a miner pool and register there

# start the miner
./minerd --url=your.minerpool.org --user=username --pass=password

i have installed git and downloaded cpuminer from git. but when tried to compile it its showing this error

user@user-Dell-Notebook-PC:~$ cd cpuminer
user@user-Dell-Notebook-PC:~/cpuminer$ ./autogen.sh
./autogen.sh: 8: ./autogen.sh: aclocal: not found
user@user-Dell-Notebook-PC:~/cpuminer$ 

I am new to ubuntu and mining and advance thanks for your help

Answer 1

It looks like you are missing package automake. To install it open Ubuntu Software Centre and search for automake.

The clue comes from

./autogen.sh: aclocal: not found

The script autoget.sh (which is part of the miner) is trying to use the program aclocal which was not found.

To find out which file belongs to what package use these commands in a terminal window:

## once-only:

sudo apt-get install apt-file

sudo apt-file update

## search for packages containing the Programm aclocal:

apt-file search aclocal

Answer 2

Good Thank you! Is the best !

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev pkg-config automake yasm

clone cpuminer

git clone https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer.git

compile

cd cpuminer
./autogen.sh
./configure CFLAGS="-O3"
make

choose a miner pool and register there

start the miner

./minerd --url=your.minerpool.org --user=username --pass=password