Installing Feather on Linux

Using TailsOS? See the instructions here instead.

Flatpak

Install

flatpak install --from https://featherwallet.org

Authenticate the GPG key to verify that the Flatpak is genuine.

gpg --show-keys --with-fingerprint /var/lib/flatpak/repo/feather.trustedkeys.gpg

The output should contain a line that says:

Key fingerprint = 8185 E158 A333 30C7 FD61 BC0D 1F76 E155 CEFB A71C

Make sure the fingerprint shown above matches the output in your terminal. Only the letters and digits matter, you may ignore any extra or missing spaces.

We recommend that you cross-check the fingerprint through the domains listed here. This way you can be confident that you obtained the correct key.

If any of the fingerprints don’t match:

Run

Click the shortcut in your application menu, or:

flatpak run org.featherwallet.Feather

AppImage

Download the latest AppImage for Linux from featherwallet.org/download.

Verifying the download (optional)

This section describes how to verify the AppImage file using PGP. You need a basic understanding of the Linux command line to follow the steps in this section. If you get stuck, feel free to ask for help.

Download the release signing key from the git repository. To save the file from Tor Browser: right click → Save Page As.. → Save. (For alternative ways of obtaining the release signing key, see: Release signing key)

Go back to featherwallet.org/download and download the signature file for the AppImage.

Place both files in the same directory as the AppImage. You should now have a folder that contains feather-x.x.x.AppImage, feather-x.x.x.AppImage.asc and featherwallet.asc.

In a terminal, cd to the directory that contains the files and enter: gpg --import featherwallet.asc and press enter. The output should contain a line that says:

gpg: key 0x1F76E155CEFBA71C: public key "FeatherWallet <dev@featherwallet.org>" imported

Now enter: gpg --list-keys dev@featherwallet.org and press enter. The output should contain a line that says:

Key fingerprint = 8185 E158 A333 30C7 FD61 BC0D 1F76 E155 CEFB A71C

Make sure the fingerprint shown above matches the output in your terminal. We recommend that you also cross-check the fingerprint through the domains listed here. By cross-checking the integrity of the fingerprint across multiple domains you can be confident that you obtained the correct key.

If the fingerprint does not match, do not continue the installation. Instead, report this incident to the developers.

Now enter: gpg --verify feather-x.x.x.AppImage.asc and press enter. Replace x.x.x with the correct version. If the signature is valid, the output should contain the following line:

gpg: Good signature from "FeatherWallet <dev@featherwallet.org>" [unknown]

If the signature is invalid, do not continue with the installation. Instead, report this incident to the developers immediately.

Starting Feather

After the download is complete, make sure to allow executing the file as a program. You can often find this setting in the Properties → Permissions tab in your file explorer. Alternatively, run chmod +x feather-x.x.x.AppImage in a terminal.

You should now be able to run the AppImage by double-clicking on the file in a file explorer. If that does not work, try right-clicking on the file, and look for “Run” or “Open”. Alternatively, you can start Feather by typing ./feather-x.x.x.AppImage in a terminal.

Having trouble getting Feather to start? Please contact the developers.

Arch Linux

Feather is available on the AUR.

Installation with yay

yay -S monero-feather-git

Manually

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/monero-feather-git.git
cd monero-feather-git
makepkg -si