Building a XMR-STAK miner on Ubuntu

Build:  Ubuntu 17.01
cpuminer:  yes
gpuminer:  AMD


Here's the quick steps all in one spot.  My build is based on getting the basics installed locally and then doing the rest from my desk

1.  Install Ubuntu 17.10
2. Boot up
3. Ctrl-alt-t   (opens a terminal window)

sudo apt-get install ssh

4.  Back at your desk...

ssh user@miner

5. I like using webmin on my boxes..so install this first

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.860_all.deb
sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl apt-show-versions python
sudo dpkg --install webmin_1.860_all.deb

6.  Do some basic maintenance

sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove

7.  Somehow transfer the AMD linux driver and AMD SDK.  I use the upload/download feature in webmin to move the files.  Download them from here:

AMD Pro beta miner linux driver:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-Pro-Beta-Mining-Driver-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx

AMD SDK
http://developer.amd.com/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/

8.  Install the AMD components:

tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-17.40-483984.tar.xz
sudo ./amdgpu-pro-17.40-483984/amdgpu-pro-install
tar -jxvf AMD-APP-SDKInstaller-v3.0.130.136-GA-linux64.tar.bz2
sudo ./AMD-APP-SDK-v3.0.130.136-GA-linux64.sh

sudo nano /etc/default/grub
edit the following line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash amdgpu.vm_fragment_size=9"
sudo update-grub
sudo usermod -a -G video $LOGNAME

Fix a problem with sympolic links:

cd $AMDAPPSDKROOT/lib/x86_64

sudo ln -sf sdk/libOpenCL.so.1 libOpenCL.so

9. Install components for xmr-stak and compile

sudo apt install libmicrohttpd-dev libssl-dev cmake build-essential libhwloc-dev git

    git clone https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak.git

    mkdir xmr-stak/build

    cd xmr-stak/build

    cmake .. -DCUDA_ENABLE=OFF




    make install

cd ..

mkdir bin

cp ./build/bin/* ./bin

10. Run it!

./bin/xmr-stak

or run it in the background!

nohup ./bin/xmr-stak &

------- Optional Extras ------------

Temperature sensor:

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors

sudo sensors-detect

sudo service kmod start

sensors

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