[OPSEC/Computer]How to Install Electrum 2.0+ on Tails

Someone posted a thread earlier, asking how to install Electrum 2.0 on Tails to use it's multi-sig features. Since Tails comes with Electrum 1.9.8, Those who wish to use the multi-sig features are out of luck.

Please note, I used this process before Tails came with Electrum already implemented, So I do not know if this will override the existing 1.9.8, or operate as a seperate process.

Also, Please make sure you enable admin access when starting Tails (Located in additional settings) You will need admin right's to use the terminal.

So how do we set up Electrum in Tails? First thing we need to do is download it.


https://download.electrum.org/Electrum-2.0.4.tar.gz

Now extract it (right click -> Extract here) and rename the folder to electrum to make things easier. (Right click -> Rename). You might also want to move the folder to the tmp directory so it is easier to find. (Places -> Computer -> File System -> tmp)

Next open up a terminal and type the following command

cd /tmp/electrum

You can replace /tmp/electrum with whatever directory electrum is currently in, but this is why we put it in tmp, to make things easier for us. Next type the following command.

./electrum -s 56ckl5obj37gypcu.onion:50001:t -p socks5:localhost:9050


Comments


[1 Points] pinkman69:

Thanks for the post! This was exactly what I was looking for but I had a couple questions though.

Why do you say that users are out of luck to use multisig with electrum 1.9.8? I am just reading up on multisig so I apologize for the question if there is an obvious answer.

And when you run this install does it keep after reboot?