# Issue Initial Grin wallet

**URL:** <https://forum.grin.mw/t/issue-initial-grin-wallet/6146>\
**Category:** Mining\
**Created:** [September 28, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/issue-initial-grin-wallet/6146 "2019-09-28T16:51:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ImineU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ImineU](https://forum.grin.mw/u/ImineU)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/issue-initial-grin-wallet/6146/1 "2019-09-28T16:51:47Z")

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Hi,

Happy I found this site. And it seems to be a very active community which is a good thing. 🙂

I am somewhat of a noob to mining (not completely) but still testing/figuring things out.  
I was using Cudo Miner to mine Grin, which was -eh-. And after playing around with other coins, I think I can do much better with a pool.

I started the sequence with the instructions from this forum to install on a Mac.  
The server portion is up and running but the wallet fails to initialize.  
I’m received this error: -bash: grin-wallet: command not found.

Any ideas of what’s wrong or how to fix it?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Grinspan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/grinspan/32/2263_2.png) [@Grinspan](https://forum.grin.mw/u/Grinspan)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/issue-initial-grin-wallet/6146/2 "2019-09-28T18:27:43Z")

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Try `./grin-wallet` from the local folder. (grin-wallet is a separate file)

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**Author:** ![ImineU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ImineU](https://forum.grin.mw/u/ImineU)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/issue-initial-grin-wallet/6146/3 "2019-09-29T00:26:37Z")

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> [@Grinspan](#):
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> ./grin-wallet

Humm that did not work either if you mean local as in from user folder (on Mac).  
When I enter the command it asked for password, once that was entered in tried to run then Error could not open. Run grin wallet init. ☹  
Thanks though. Trying anything and see.

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**Author:** ![MerlinsBeard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/merlinsbeard/32/2863_2.png) [@MerlinsBeard](https://forum.grin.mw/u/MerlinsBeard)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/issue-initial-grin-wallet/6146/4 "2019-10-08T16:57:34Z")

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You are supposed to listen to error messages; that is the reason they exist. Did you try `./grin-wallet init`?

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**Author:** ![ohwhy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b38774/32.png) [@ohwhy](https://forum.grin.mw/u/ohwhy)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/issue-initial-grin-wallet/6146/5 "2019-10-17T17:34:01Z")

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If you want a more easy to use interface Grin Wallet, Grin++ is great. Mining on [https://thegrinpool.com/](https://thegrinpool.com/) and withdraw my funds to Grin++. What’s great is I can always restore my wallet using the grin-wallet or wallet713 if i want to switch back to terminal wallet.