Install Mediachain on Windows

##Install linux subsystem for windows

https://github.com/mediachain/concat#running-on-windows-experimental

##Obtain binaries

I store these in mnt/c/Users/[user]/mediachain

mkdir mediachain
  
cd mediachain

wget https://github.com/mediachain/concat/releases/download/v1.1/mcdir-v1.1-linux-amd64.tgz
  
tar -zxvf mcdir-v1.1-linux-amd64.tgz
  
rm mcdir-v1.1-linux-amd64.tgz

wget https://github.com/mediachain/concat/releases/download/v1.1/mcnode-v1.1-linux-amd64.tgz
  
tar -zxvf  mcnode-v1.1-linux-amd64.tgz

rm mcnode-v1.1-linux-amd64.tgz

##Run mcnode

./mcnode

##Install Aleph

Install npm:

sudo apt-get install npm

Make sure you have node 6.5 or higher:

node -v

If not, install the latest stable version:

sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable

Install aleph:

sudo npm install --global aleph

Set directory for looking up peers:

mcclient config dir /ip4/54.173.71.205/tcp/9000/Qmb561BUvwc2pfMQ5NHb1uuwVE1hHWerySVMSUJLhnzNLN

Go online:

mcclient status online

##Publish test file

Get jq:

sudo apt-get install jq

Convert a json file to newline-delimited format:

jq -c '' temp/test.json > temp/test.ndjson

Publish it:

mcclient publish --idSelector 'id' scratch.test temp/test.ndjson

##Update binaries and client

https://gist.github.com/edsilv/b543362bb57d20b624cb8af9dc7c4a19