btchip-python

Python communication library for Ledger Hardware Wallet products

Requirements

This API is available on pip - install with pip install btchip-python

Building on a Unix platform requires libusb-1.0-0-dev and libudev-dev installed previously

Interim Debian packages have also been built by Richard Ulrich at https://launchpad.net/~richi-paraeasy/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin/ (btchip-python, hidapi and python-hidapi)

For optional BIP 39 support during dongle setup, also install https://github.com/trezor/python-mnemonic - also available as a Debian package at the previous link (python-mnemonic)

Building on Windows

• Download and install the latest Python 2.7 version from https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
• Install Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266
• Download and install PyQt4 for Python 2.7 from https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download
• Install the btchip library (open a command prompt and enter c:\python27\scripts\pip install btchip)

Building/Installing on FreeBSD

On FreeBSD you can install the packages:

pkg install security/py-btchip-python

or build via ports:

cd /usr/ports/security/py-btchip-python
make install clean