In this post I will show you how to gpu mine monero using the Geforce GTX GPU of your linux computer and a software called ccminer.

• We are using Ubuntu server version 16. (64 bits)
• We are using the MINERGATE minig pool
• Minergate will charge you a small percentage of your mining profits, something like 1.5%

MINERGATE

Access the MINERGATE website and create an account, in order to have the authorization to use this mining pool

GPU INSTALLATION - GeFORCE GTX

Use the following commands to install the required packages to enable the Nvidia Geforce Graphic card on your linux computer. (Mine is a GTX 970)

# mkdir /downloads
# cd /downloads
# wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1604/x86_64/cuda-repo-ubuntu1604_8.0.44-1_amd64.deb
# dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1604_8.0.44-1_amd64.deb
# apt-get update
# apt-get install cuda

After finishing the installation you need to edit the .bashrc file from the root user and add the following lines at its end.

# vi /root/.bashrc
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-8.0/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda-8.0/bin:$PATH

After finishing the installation, reboot the computer.

# reboot

CCMINER INSTALLATION

Use the following commands to install the ccminer required packages.

# apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev git build-essential libssl-dev
# apt-get install autotools-dev autoconf libcurl3 libcurl4-gnutls-dev

Use the following commands to download, compile and install the ccminer-cryptonight software.

# cd /downloads
# git clone https://github.com/tsiv/ccminer-cryptonight
# cd ccminer-cryptonight/
# ./autogen.sh
# ./configure
# make
# make install

MINING MONERO

In order to start mining monero, use the following command:

# ccminer -a cryptonight -o stratum+tcp://xmr.pool.minergate.com:45560 -u virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com -p x

• You need to change the username virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com from the command above to the username that you created on the minergate website.

YOUTUBE VIDEO

In our YOUTUBE channel, we offer a video showing you the step by step procedure.