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Why can't I run the litecoin-qt file in the bin directory of the archive downloaded from litecoin.org? I copied it into the home directory and double-clicked, and also tried to to run it from terminal. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and the downloaded archive is Litecoin Core 0.15.1. The error message I get is "There is no application installed for 'shared library' files. Do you want to search for an application to open this file?" Clicking Yes produces nothing.

rjstra
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The following worked for me.

First, open a terminal (press Windows key -> gnome-terminal). Then run the following commands:

# Assuming you downloaded the .tar.gz file from litecoin.org
# to ~/Downloads...
cd ~/Downloads
tar -zxf litecoin.*.tar.gz
cd litecoin-0.15.1
bin/litecoin-qt
dpb
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  • Thank you! It worked perfectly. I'm all synced. It appears right now I can only open the wallet from Terminal, which is fine, but do you know a way to create a desktop icon? – rjstra Apr 22 '18 at 16:47
  • Hey there, basically this -- https://askubuntu.com/questions/112186/how-do-you-create-a-custom-application-launcher-in-gnome-shell – dpb Apr 22 '18 at 22:29
  • Alacarte worked. All set. – rjstra Apr 23 '18 at 23:13