How to Install cgminer software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install cgminer software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

cgminer software package provides multi-threaded multi-pool Bitcoin miner, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cgminer 

cgminer is installed in your system.

Make ensure the cgminer package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cgminer *

You will get with cgminer package name, version, architecture and description in a table

cgminer package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Network
Package cgminer
Version 4.9.2-1build1
Description multi-threaded multi-pool Bitcoin miner
Sub Section Net


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