Monero Mining (XMRig & Debian)

To do this you should have some basic knowledge about Linux and cryptocurrencies / mining. This method is tested on Debian 12.

Compiling XMRig

• Install build-tools:

$ sudo apt install git build-essential cmake libuv1-dev libssl-dev libhwloc-dev -y

• Clone the official git repository:

$ https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig.git

• Navigate into the repository and create a build directory, then navigate into it:

$ cd xmrig && mkdir build && cd build

• Read the "CMakeLists.txt" from repository, generate build-scripts:

$ cmake ..

• Compile XMRig:

$ make -j$(nproc)

Configuring XMRig

After compiling XMRig, you should write or generate a configuration file. You can generate one on xmrig.com/wizard. This is where you specify what pool you want to mine in, if you are using CUDA, OpenCL, or are using CPU only. Monero mining works good with CPU-Only setups, because is uses the RandomX algorithm. This PoW algorithm is ASIC resistant, which means it is impossible to build specialized hardware to mine Monero: Miners must use consumer-grade hardware and compete fairly. Monero can be mined by both CPUs and GPUs, but the former is much more efficient.

• Place your configuration file in the right location: xmrig/build/
• Start mining:

$ ./xmrig

• (Optional) Configure systemd service or tmux session: If you want to keep your miner running constantly, it might be useful to do that, so the mining can happen in the background and continue automatically after a reboot.
• Check your balance: Depending on the mining pool you are using, you can check your due balance & paid balance on a website.