Be a Wraith beta tester!

Download a debian linux iso, such as Ubuntu or Mint. I suggest Mint 17.3 Cinnamon (https://linuxmint.com/release.php?id=26)

Download and install VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Allow it to install the virtual network adapters

Create New Machine

Select Linux - Ubuntu 64-bit

Give enough memory, 1.5-2GB

Set up virutal hard disk, at least 16MB VDI, dynamically allocated

Start the new machine

Select the linux iso to install from and use default setttings and install OS

Power down the virtual machine

Goto settings and enbable multicore processors and 3d graphics and increase display memory (optional)

Used bridged mode networking attached to your real network adapter (allows upnp) and Start

Login for the first time and optionally create a snapshot of the clean install state.

Download the blockchain bootstrap data: https://verge-blockchain.com/down (large file) using web broswer or "curl -O https://verge-blockchain.com/blockchain/Wallet_3.0_wraith-Verge-Blockchain_2017-November-9.zip" in the terminal.

Launch a terminal and use these commands <cntl-shift-v to paste>:

sudo apt-get install -y git (installs Github support)

git clone https://github.com/vergecurrency/VERGE.git (git the project files)

cd VERGE (change into new dir)

If you want the Wraith protocol beta branch:

git checkout 3.0-WraithProtocol

git fetch

verify with: git branch (optional)

Follow instructions in Readme (https://github.com/vergecurrency/VERGE) which are modified here:

The next line installs many dependencies in one single command. These files should be available from your distrubution repo:

sudo apt-get -y install libdb-dev libdb++-dev build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils git libboost-all-dev libminiupnpc-dev libqt5gui5 libqt5core5a libqt5webkit5-dev libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libqrencode-dev libcanberra-gtk-module

(Hodl, this may take a while, go check on the price ticker and buy some more Verge ;-)

Now close the web browser, you will need the memory.

./autogen.sh && ./configure --with-incompatible-bdb && make (configure and compile)

If all goes well you can now test launch the wallet.

cd src/qt

./VERGE-qt to launch the Wallet GUI

sudo cp VERGE-qt /usr/bin/ to install then right click on desktop, create new launcher with VERGE-qt as the command for quicklauch (optional)

It will connect to the network and start downloading all of the block history. To save time, use the downloaded blockchain data. Close app then unzip the data into the hidden .VERGE folder in home directory (create folder if need, overwrite if asked using the archive manager OR use "unzip -o -d ~/.VERGE/ *.zip")

It will now take 5-20 minutes to initalize each time you launch. Make sure you set a password for your wallet and save a backup of your wallet file to your guest OS.

To update and rebuild:

cd ~/home/VERGE

git fetch origin

./autogen.sh && ./configure && make clean && make

sudo cp ./src/qt/VERGE-qt /usr/bin/

Enjoy!