🪟Installing the node and the qclient on Windows WSL

Activating WSL and installing Ubuntu

Activate WSL on Windows to be able to run Linux and Ubuntu. Here is a great tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxTW22y8zV8 (you just need to follow the first 7 minutes or so)

Once you have Linux available and Ubuntu installed, to access Ubuntu via terminal you run:

wsl -d Ubuntu

Installing the node

I have not personally tested this but I think once you are into Ubuntu you could simply install the Q1 - Node Quickstart Menu and take it from there.

One issue you could have on Windows is related to option 1 in the menu (Prepare your server). That script does various operations on your machine that could throw errors for Windows.

If so, no problem, just move directly to option 2 and 3.

Remember, you can also follow the Node Auto-installer if the QONE menu is not working for you.

Finally, f you have issues with these automated scripts, simply follow the Node step by step installation instead.

Installing the qclient

The qclient is a software that allows you to manage your QUIL tokens without having to run a node.

If you want to install the qclient on Windows WSL without running a node simply follow these steps:

Create the ceremonyclient and client folders:

mkdir ceremonyclient && cd ceremonyclient && mkdir client && cd client

Set release OS and arch variables (change these if needed - on Windows WSL they shoudl be ok):

release_os="linux"
release_arch="amd64"

download qclient:

files=$(curl https://releases.quilibrium.com/qclient-release | grep $release_os-$release_arch)
for file in $files; do
    qclient_version=$(echo "$file" | cut -d '-' -f 2)
    if ! test -f "./$file"; then
        curl "https://releases.quilibrium.com/$file" > "$file"
        echo "... downloaded $file"
    fi
done
mv qclient-$qclient_version-$release_os-$release_arch qclient
chmod +x ./qclient

Done!

Now you should be able to use the Qclient commands

These will only work after v2.0

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