From 3e5066e07e81ed64a66c2bcf789398d7fe5d79c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aditya Kulkarni Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:19:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] compilation instructions --- README.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index be970d6..e418bfd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ tar -xvf zcash-qt-wallet-v0.1.9.tar.gz Unzip the release binary and double click on zcash-qt-wallet to start. ## Prerequisites: zcashd -zcash-qt-wallet needs a zcash node running zcashd. Download the zcash node software from https://z.cash/download/ and start zcashd. If you are running Windows, you can get [WinZEC](https://winzec.com/) +zcash-qt-wallet needs a zcash node running zcashd. Download the zcash node software from https://z.cash/download/ and start zcashd. If you are running Windows, you can get [WinZEC](https://winzec.com/) or run zcashd inside [WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10). zcashd needs to run with RPC enabled and with a RPC username/password set. Add the following entries into ~/.zcash/zcash.conf @@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ zcash-qt-wallet should auto-detect zcashd and WinZEC. If you are running zcashd ## Compiling from source -zcash-qt-wallet depends on Qt5, which you can get from here: https://www.qt.io/download +zcash-qt-wallet is written in C++ 14, and can be compiled with g++/clang++/visual c++. It also depends on Qt5, which you can get from here: https://www.qt.io/download ### Compiling on Linux -You need a C++14 compatible compiler like g++ or clang++ ``` git clone https://github.com/adityapk00/zcash-qt-wallet.git