Objective
The objective is to install Electron LTC, the Litecoin wallet on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux desktop
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
- Software: – Electrum-LTC 3.0.6.2 or higher
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo
command is required.
Difficulty
EASY
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudo
command - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
Instructions
Download Litecoin wallet
First step is to download the latest Electrum Litecoin wallet from the official website. At the time of writing the latest Electrum Litecoin wallet version is Electrum-LTC 3.0.6.2
.
The bellow wget
command will download hash-sums, signature and the actual Electrum Litecoin wallet tarball package. Open up terminal and enter (update the version numbers where necessary):
$ wget https://electrum-ltc.org/download/Electrum-LTC-3.0.6.2.tar.gz https://electrum-ltc.org/download/Electrum-LTC-3.0.6.2.tar.gz.asc https://electrum-ltc.org/download/Electrum-LTC-3.0.6.2.tar.gz.DIGESTS.txt
Verify Download
Next, we need to verify our download. First, let’s check MD5SUM hash. MD5SUM must match exactly:
$ cat Electrum-LTC-3.0.6.2.tar.gz.DIGESTS.txt # MD5 hash c388bb2651517fb77e6cc0d5f5ef4995 Electrum-LTC-3.0.6.2.tar.gz $ md5sum Electrum-LTC-3.0.6.2.tar.gz c388bb2651517fb77e6cc0d5f5ef4995 Electrum-LTC-3.0.6.2.tar.gz
To verify package signature first import a relevant key:
$ gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 0x6fc4c9f7f1be8fea gpg: directory '/home/linuxconfig/.gnupg' created gpg: new configuration file '/home/linuxconfig/.gnupg/dirmngr.conf' created gpg: new configuration file '/home/linuxconfig/.gnupg/gpg.conf' created gpg: keybox '/home/linuxconfig/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created gpg: /home/linuxconfig/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key 6FC4C9F7F1BE8FEA: public key "pooler" imported gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1
Next, confirm downloaded tarball signature:
$ gpg --verify Electrum-LTC-3.0.6.2.tar.gz.asc Electrum-LTC-3.0.6.2.tar.gz
gpg: Signature made Tue 06 Feb 2018 00:42:00 AEDT
gpg: using RSA key 6FC4C9F7F1BE8FEA
gpg: Good signature from "pooler pooler@litecoinpool.org" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: CAE1 092A D355 3FFD 21C0 5DE3 6FC4 C9F7 F1BE 8FEA
Note Good signature
on Line 4. All seems to be in order!
Install Litecoin wallet
The following prerequisites need to be satisfied on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver before we can proceed with Litecoin wallet installation:
$ sudo apt install python3-setuptools python3-scrypt python3-pyqt5
Once ready proceed with the Litecoin wallet installation:
$ sudo pip3 install Electrum-LTC-3.0.6.2.tar.gz
Start Litecoin Wallet
To start Litecoin wallet either open up terminal and enter:
$ electrum-ltc
or search your start menu:


