Install OpenBazaar
For full installable versions of the OpenBazaar app, with the server and client bundled together, go to the OpenBazaar download page.
OpenBazaar 2.0 Desktop Application
This is the reference client for the OpenBazaar network. It is an interface for your OpenBazaar node, to use it you will need to run an OpenBazaar node either locally or on a remote server.
There are a variety of ways to install a copy of OpenBazaar on your system. We generally recommend installing a prebuilt package, but here are a few other supported options:
- Installing from a Prebuilt Package (recommended)
- Building from source
- Upgrading OpenBazaar
- Troubleshooting
Note these instructions may make use of the command line. We use $
to indicate the command prompt — commands to type are on lines that are prefixed with that, while output lines are un-prefixed.
Installing from a Prebuilt Package
First, download the right version of OpenBazaar for your platform:
Download OpenBazaar for your platform
Mac OS X and Windows
After downloading, install the application using the installer.
Linux
After downloading, either install the application by double clicking the .deb
file or from the terminal.
Terminal Instructions:
$ sudo dpkg -i /path/to/deb/file
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Congratulations! You now have a working OpenBazaar installation on your computer.
Building from Source
If you want, you can also build OpenBazaar from source. You will need to install both a server
and client
separately if you go this
path. The installer described above bundles both of these together for you.
- For the OpenBazaar v2 Client take a look at the readme for install instructions.
- For the OpenBazaar Server take a look at this document for instructions.
Upgrading OpenBazaar
Upgrading using installer
You may simply download a newer version of OpenBazaar from the official web site and install it over your current version.
Warning: This may modify your configuration files and migrate your database to a later version in a way that is not
able to be downgraded. If you have any doubts about this you should backup your data folder
.
Upgrading manually from source
In order to perform a manual upgrade of OpenBazaar
, you will need to manually run updates for both the server
and client
. The
procedure is as follows:
- Stop the
OpenBazaar
server and client if they are running - Optionally backup your
OpenBazaar
data folder - Update the git repository for
openbazaar-go
wherever you have it installed - Update the git repository for
openbazaar-desktop
wherever you have it installed
You can also download the bundled version of the application from https://openbazaar.org/download and connect to a manually installed local or remote version of the server.
Troubleshooting
Help!
If you have any problems, come get live help at the OpenBazaar Slack or via Zendesk.