# Linux Automatic Update Tutorial **1. Acquire sub-account** In order to earn qus, one must mine to a sub-account. Head over to [ ](https://www.apool.io/)to finish email registration. Apool will allocate a sub-account automatically under your name. Check out your sub-account name in 'My miners' page.
**2. Download the mining software** * Download link：
* Extract the file with the comand： ``` tar zxf apoolminer_linux_autoupdate_v3.5.0.tar.gz ``` **3. Modify the configuration file miner.conf and change the account to your own.**
**4.apoolminer miner.conf Parameter Description**
ParamDescription
algo=<qubic/aleo>Specify algorithm, default configuration is qubic , Required
account=<string>Specify your sub-account(CP_xxx) in pool mining or Specify your wallet address in solo mining, Required
pool=<url:port>Specify the proxy address, Required in pool mining
solo=<url:port>Specify the proxy address, Required in solo mining
worker=<name>Specify the worker name. The name consists of numbers and letters and cannot exceed 15 characters in length
gpu=<indexes>Specify the index of GPU. If you’re only running on specific GPUs, please spell out explicitly, example: gpu=0,1,2, If you run all GPUs, you don’t need to configure them.
thread=<num>Specify the number of CPU thread [default: 0, use all threads]
cpu-off=<true/false>If you don’t want to use CPU, please configure it to True.
gpu-off=<true/false>If you don’t want to use GPU, please configure it to True.
xmr-gpu-off=<true/false>If you don't want to use the GPU during XMR mining time, please set this option to True.
xmr-cpu-off=<true/false>If you don't want to use the CPU during XMR mining time, please set this option to True.
xmr-thread=<num>Number of CPU threads to use during XMR mining time
**Configuration file example** * Configuration files for mining with GPU and CPU (Recommended mining configuration for all resources) ``` algo=qubic account=my_sub_account pool=qubic.asia.apool.io:4334 ``` * Configuration files for mining with GPU only ``` algo=qubic account=my_sub_account pool=qubic.asia.apool.io:4334 cpu-off=true ``` * Configuration files for mining with CPU only ``` algo=qubic account=my_sub_account pool=qubic.asia.apool.io:4334 gpu-off=true ``` * Configuration files for mining with CPU and specify the number of CPU thread 
algo=qubic
  account=my_sub_account
  pool=qubic.asia.apool.io:4334
  gpu-off=true
  thread=8
* Connect using SSL/TLS encryption ``` algo=qubic account=my_sub_account pool=qubic.asia.apool.io:4334 gpu-off=true ``` **5.Run and shutdown** * #### Select the execution script according to your needs * [ ] Autoupgrade Start command

Autoupgrade Start command

* If you want to run an automatic upgrade of apoolminer, you can execute the upgrade\_and\_run.sh script ``` nohup bash upgrade_and_run.sh > nohup.out 2>&1 & ``` * [ ] Manually operated Start command

Manually operated Start command

* If you do not need to automatically upgrade apoolminer, you can execute the run.sh script ``` bash run.sh ``` **6.** View apoolminer log ``` tail -f qubic.log ```
**7.**shutdown apoolminer command ``` killall -9 apoolminer ``` **8.**shutdown autoupgrade script If you are running an automatic upgrade script, use the following command to shutdown and it will no longer be upgraded. ``` for i in $(ps aux|grep "upgrade_and_run"|grep -v grep |awk '{print $2}'); do sudo kill -9 $i; done ``` **9. Watch the Statistics and earn QU's on Apool**