How to watch It's a Wonderful Life via LBRY ## Quickest quick guide Create a directory called lbry, and go into that directory Download the file https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lbryio/lbry-setup/master/lbry_setup.sh and run it in that directory Once it's done building, type: ./lbrycrd/src/lbrycrdd -server -daemon -gen lbrynet-gui A window should show up with an entry box Type wonderfullife into the box, hit go, and choose to stream or save To stop lbrycrdd: ./lbrycrd/src/lbrycrd-cli stop ## Slightly longer install guide ### Installing lbrycrd from source Acquire the LBRYcrd source code from https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd cd lbrycrd sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev autoconf pkg-config libssl-dev libboost-all-dev libdb-dev libdb++-dev libqt4-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler ./autogen.sh ./configure --with-incompatible-bdb make When make has completed, create the directory where LBRYcrd data will be stored. ~/.lbrycrd is where LBRYcrd will look by default and so is recommended. mkdir ~/.lbrycrd vim ~/.lbrycrd/lbrycrd.conf Add the following lines to enable the RPC interface, which will be used by lbrynet-console. rpcuser=rpcuser rpcpassword=rpcpassword (use a long random password if your computer is on a network anyone else has access to) cd .. ### Installing lbrynet from source Acquire the LBRYnet source code from https://github.com/lbryio/lbry cd lbry sudo apt-get install libgmp3-dev build-essential python-dev python-pip (with virtualenv) python-virtualenv virtualenv . source bin/activate python setup.py install to deactivate the virtualenv later: deactivate to reactivate it, go to the directory in which you created it and: source bin/activate (without virtualenv) python setup.py build bdist_egg sudo python setup.py install ## Slightly longer running guide In order to use lbrynet-console or lbrynet-gui, lbyrcrdd must be running. ### Running lbrycrd If you ran the easy install script, the lbrycrd folder will be in the directory you ran lbry_setup.sh from. Otherwise it is the root of the cloned lbrycrd repository. Go to that directory. ./src/lbrycrdd -server -daemon -gen It will take a few minutes for your client to download the whole block chain. Once it has caught up, it will start mining coins. If you don't want to mine, leave off the '-gen' flag. lbrycrdd must be running in order for lbrynet to function. To shut lbrycrdd down: from the lbrycrd directory, run ./src/lbrycrd-cli stop ### Option 1) Running lbrynet-console If you used the virtualenv instructions above, make sure the virtualenv is still active. If not, reactivate it according to the instructions above, under "Installing lbrynet from source" In your terminal: lbrynet-console You should now be presented with a list of options. Watch It's a Wonderful Life via LBRY Choose the option labeled Add a stream from a short name by typing the number next to it and pressing the enter key. You will be prompted for a name. Type in "wonderfullife" and hit enter. After a few seconds, you will prompted to choose what you want to do with the file. Select the option labeled Stream. You will be shown some options related to the file which you do not care about. Type 'n' and hit enter. You will be prompted to choose if you really want to download this file. Type 'y' and hit enter. To shut it down, type ctrl-c at any time or enter the option to shut down from the main menu. ### Option 2) Running lbrynet-gui If you used the virtualenv instructions above, make sure the virtualenv is still active. If not, reactivate it according to the instructions above, under "Installing lbrynet from source" In your terminal: lbrynet-gui A window should pop up with an entry box. Type 'wonderfullife' into the box, hit go, and then choose to save it or stream it. Enjoy! Any questions or problems, email jimmy@lbry.io