<p>GUIminer <em>can</em> be run on linux, although the process (described <a href="http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3878.0">in the official thread</a>) is somewhat complicated.  To summarise that post, you will need to:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Get the source code from <a href="https://github.com/Kiv/poclbm">GitHub</a>:</p>

<p><code>git clone https://github.com/Kiv/poclbm</code></p></li>
<li>Install OpenCL drivers and PyOpenCL.</li>
<li><p>Install wxPython:</p>

<p><code>sudo apt-get install python-wxtools</code></p></li>
<li><p>Run guiminer.py:</p>

<p><code>python guiminer.py</code></p></li>
</ol>

<p>Note that (at least to use the poclbm backend) no compiling is necessary since GUIminer is written in python.  But I can still understand if you find that process a little daunting, since I don't know your level of technological familiarity with these sorts of tasks.</p>

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<p>How do you mine in Ubuntu 11.04? Are there any GUI miners like <a href="https://github.com/Kiv/poclbm">poclbm-gui</a> for Ubuntu?</p>

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# How to mine in Ubuntu?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-08-30)

How do you mine in Ubuntu 11.04? Are there any GUI miners like [poclbm-gui](https://github.com/Kiv/poclbm) for Ubuntu?

**Tags:** ubuntu, mining-setup


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2011-08-31. Score: 14

GUIminer *can* be run on linux, although the process (described [in the official thread](http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3878.0)) is somewhat complicated. To summarise that post, you will need to:

1. Get the source code from [GitHub](https://github.com/Kiv/poclbm):

   `git clone https://github.com/Kiv/poclbm`
2. Install OpenCL drivers and PyOpenCL.
3. Install wxPython:

   `sudo apt-get install python-wxtools`
4. Run guiminer.py:

   `python guiminer.py`

Note that (at least to use the poclbm backend) no compiling is necessary since GUIminer is written in python. But I can still understand if you find that process a little daunting, since I don't know your level of technological familiarity with these sorts of tasks.


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