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Bitcoin Core =============

Below are notes on installing Bitcoin Core software on Linux systems.

General Runtime Requirements

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Bitcoin Core requires glibc (GNU C Library) 2.31 or newer.

GUI Runtime Requirements

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The GUI executable, bitcoin-qt, is based on the Qt 6 framework and uses the xcb QPA (Qt Platform Abstraction) platform plugin to run on X11. Its runtime library dependencies are as follows:

• libfontconfig
• libfreetype

On Debian, Ubuntu, or their derivatives, you can run the following command to ensure all dependencies are installed:

sudo apt install libfontconfig1 libfreetype6

On Fedora, run:

sudo dnf install fontconfig freetype

For other systems, please consult their documentation.