Updated Compiling from source (markdown)

JayDDee
2022-01-20 02:46:27 -05:00
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#### Download cpuminer-opt
Download and decompress cpuminer-opt source code. Download the tar.gz file as it preserves file permissions,
speifically executability. It can be dowloaded from the Windows browser or from MSYS2 MinGW-w64 terminal.
This is different from the terminal used for package instalation.
specifically executability. It can be dowloaded from the Windows browser or from MSYS2 MinGW-w64 terminal.
This is different from the terminal used for package installation.
If Windows tools are preferred cpuminer-opt can be downloaded to the Windows Documents folder and accessed from
MSYS2 terminal using the path /c/users/[USER]/documents. Notepad++ and 7zip are useful Windows programs with good support for
Linux file formats.
Linux file formats. The MSYS2 home directory can be accessed from Windows with C:\msys2\home\[USER].
Cpuminer-opt can be downloaded from the MSY2 terminal using git or wget. The MSYS2 home directory can be accessed
from Windows with C:\msys2\home\[USER].
Git will download the most recent source code, usually it should always match the latest release.
Cpuminer-opt can be downloaded from the MSYS2 terminal using git or wget. Git will download the most recent source code,
usually it matches the latest release.
`$ git clone https://github.com/JayDDee/cpuminer-opt.git`