How To Install cgminer on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgminer on Ubuntu 20.04. cgminer is multi-threaded multi-pool Bitcoin miner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgminer on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is cgminer

cgminer is:

Bitcoin miner software with multi-threaded multi-pool mining support.

BitCoins are a digital currency, exchanged freely against all other currencies. Coins may be issued by everyone, one just needs considerable computer power - and luck. To even out rewards for one’s contribution, many initiative have forms to provide pools of computers and share the load.

There are three methods to install cgminer on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cgminer Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cgminer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cgminer

Install cgminer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cgminer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cgminer

Install cgminer Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cgminer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cgminer

How To Uninstall cgminer on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cgminer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cgminer

Uninstall cgminer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cgminer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cgminer

Remove cgminer Configurations and Data

To remove cgminer configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cgminer

Remove cgminer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cgminer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cgminer

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgminer package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.