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Merge #38: Mention minimum required version of lxc-execute
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09df037 Mention minimum required version of lxc-execute (MarcoFalke)

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  bitcoin/bitcoin#13171 (comment)
  bitcoin/bitcoin#13991 (comment)

  Also remove the other options to create a docker host vm, since it wasn't updated for a couple of years.

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Any kind of virtualization can be used, for example:
- [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) (covered by this guide)
- [KVM](http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page)
- [LXC](https://linuxcontainers.org/), see also [Gitian host docker container](https://github.com/gdm85/tenku/tree/master/docker/gitian-bitcoin-host/README.md).
- [LXC](https://linuxcontainers.org/)

Please refer to the following documents to set up the operating systems and Gitian.

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| Setup virtual machine (optional) | [Create Debian VirtualBox](./gitian-building/gitian-building-create-vm-debian.md) | [Create Fedora VirtualBox](./gitian-building/gitian-building-create-vm-fedora.md) |
| Setup Gitian | [Setup Gitian on Debian](./gitian-building/gitian-building-setup-gitian-debian.md) | [Setup Gitian on Fedora](./gitian-building/gitian-building-setup-gitian-fedora.md) |

Note that a version of `lxc-execute` higher or equal to 2.1.1 is required.
You can check the version with `lxc-execute --version`.
On Debian you might have to compile a suitable version of lxc or you can use Ubuntu 18.04 or higher instead of Debian as the host.

Non-Debian / Ubuntu, Manual and Offline Building
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The instructions below use the automated script [gitian-build.py](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/gitian-build.py) which only works in Debian/Ubuntu. For manual steps and instructions for fully offline signing, see [this guide](./gitian-building/gitian-building-manual.md).
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