Installing Monero #

For this part of the guide we are going to be focusing on one wallet, called Feather Wallet. It is a very lightweight, open source wallet that can run on tails, or almost any other operating system. You can find more setups or useful information by visiting their website https://docs.featherwallet.org

Installing Feather on Tails #

First make sure you have taken the time to configure persistent volume. If you don’t you can lose access to your wallets.

Download Feather #

Now you need to download the latest Appimage for tails from featherwallet.org/download Tip: Save the file to the default location. Tor Browser on Tails does not have access to other folders.

After the download has finished, move the AppImage to a folder within your persistent volume. (Home -> Persistent)

Starting Feather #

Right click on the Appimage -> Properties -> Permissions. Make sure “Allow Executing file as program” is enabled. You only need to do this the first time once. Now you can double click or right click and click run to start feather.

Optional Verifying the download #

This section describes how to verify the AppImage file using PGP.

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 Tails 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 the file browser, right click on some empty space and select Open in Terminal.

In the Terminal 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. Only the letters and digits matter, you may ignore any extra or missing spaces.

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.

After verification is complete you can delete both .asc files.