<p>you have to flash the 32 bit option on the rasp pi imager screen. the problem all comes from this. do not flash the 64 bit</p>

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2024-07-19T20:29:45.187Z
2024-07-19T20:29:45.187Z
gdiggy
<p>I installed the latest bitcoin node on my Raspberry Pi 4 following this guide:
<a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/bitcoin-node-raspberry-pi/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.makeuseof.com/bitcoin-node-raspberry-pi/</a>
Everything went well, only the last step where you need to start the GUI I get an error message.</p>
<p>pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /usr/local/bin/bitcoin-qt
/usr/local/bin/bitcoin-qt: error while loading shared libraries: libfontconfig.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</p>
<p>I googled the issue and found a thread here on the same problem.
<a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/57209/how-do-i-run-gui-on-raspbian">How do I run GUI on Raspbian?</a></p>
<p>I downloaded all dependencies from the github page, but still the same issue.</p>
<p>I went to the file manager and indeed I found no such file or directory (/usr/local/bin/bitcoin-qt).
I do find it somewhere else:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/vxHEO.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vxHEO.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>But how do I open it from this place in the terminal?
If I type /home/pi/bitcoin-0.21.1/bin/bitcoin-qt I get the same error.</p>
<p>The following I find in the instructions for installing the node on bitcoin.org:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/IDHAG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/IDHAG.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>But libfontconfig1 is installed and is the newest version.</p>

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2021-09-23T23:14:11.120Z
Which file did you download? You may have installed the 64-bit library but are using 32-bit binaries, so there may be compatibility issues.
Ava Chow
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2021-09-24T17:20:25.517Z
I downloaded the bitcoin core installer for ARM linux 64-32 bit. There's only one file to download and install. The Raspberry Pi has the 64 bit OS image installed. Can I still be using 32 bit binaries? How can I check and change this?
Ricky
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2021-09-25T01:43:52.863Z
There is a link to the 64-bit binary under the "ARM linux" icon, it's the thing that says "64 bit". Try using that.
Ava Chow
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2021-09-25T13:27:24.357Z
Wow, thank you! I missed that :)
Ricky
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Can't open bitcoin-qt GUI on Raspberry Pi
Ricky
# Can't open bitcoin-qt GUI on Raspberry Pi

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-23)

I installed the latest bitcoin node on my Raspberry Pi 4 following this guide:
<https://www.makeuseof.com/bitcoin-node-raspberry-pi/>
Everything went well, only the last step where you need to start the GUI I get an error message.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /usr/local/bin/bitcoin-qt
/usr/local/bin/bitcoin-qt: error while loading shared libraries: libfontconfig.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I googled the issue and found a thread here on the same problem.
[How do I run GUI on Raspbian?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/57209/how-do-i-run-gui-on-raspbian)

I downloaded all dependencies from the github page, but still the same issue.

I went to the file manager and indeed I found no such file or directory (/usr/local/bin/bitcoin-qt).
I do find it somewhere else:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vxHEO.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/vxHEO.png)

But how do I open it from this place in the terminal?
If I type /home/pi/bitcoin-0.21.1/bin/bitcoin-qt I get the same error.

The following I find in the instructions for installing the node on bitcoin.org:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/IDHAG.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/IDHAG.png)

But libfontconfig1 is installed and is the newest version.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, raspberry-pi, bitcoincore-gui

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Which file did you download? You may have installed the 64-bit library but are using 32-bit binaries, so there may be compatibility issues.  
> **username_0**: I downloaded the bitcoin core installer for ARM linux 64-32 bit. There's only one file to download and install. The Raspberry Pi has the 64 bit OS image installed. Can I still be using 32 bit binaries? How can I check and change this?  
> **username_1**: There is a link to the 64-bit binary under the "ARM linux" icon, it's the thing that says "64 bit". Try using that.  
> **username_0**: Wow, thank you! I missed that :)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-07-19. Score: -1

you have to flash the 32 bit option on the rasp pi imager screen. the problem all comes from this. do not flash the 64 bit


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