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26.06 FREEZE April 30th: Non-bugfix PRs not ready by this date will wait for 26.09.

RC1 is scheduled on May 14th

The final release is scheduled for June 1st.

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Updating installation guide for Ubuntu. Main highlight: dropped support for versions <22.04.
Tested on docker images.

@madelinevibes madelinevibes added this to the v26.09 milestone Jun 4, 2026
@enaples enaples added the QA Blockstream QA team have reproduced, or a test has been created! Look for the linked PR/Issue label Jun 8, 2026
python3 python3-pip net-tools zlib1g-dev libsodium-dev gettext lowdown
pip3 install --upgrade pip
sudo apt update
sudo ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime && echo UTC > /etc/timezone

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Why change someones timezone here?

```shell
sudo apt-get install -y cargo rustfmt protobuf-compiler
sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y

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We currently require rust 1.85+ which is satisfied by apt on Ubuntu 25.10 and higher. So maybe don't have everyone install rustup?

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