1. sudo apt-get update   (updates all your update sources)
2. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade (updates your system files, windows update)

3.  sudo apt install libmicrohttpd-dev libssl-dev cmake build-essential libhwloc-dev    (This installs the everything that the compiler depends on)

3. sudo apt install git

3. git clone https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak.git  (pulls down the latest xmr-stak files, puts them in a directory called xmr-stak)

4. mkdir xmr-stak/build   (creates a directory called build in the xmr-stak folder)

5. cd xmr-stak/build

6.  cmake .. -DOpenCL_ENABLE=OFF -DCUDA_ENABLE=OFF  (This tells the compiler we don't need to compile with support for opencl or cuda)

7.  make install  (if this gives a permissions error, type sudo in front of make.  This compiles the program)

8.  The make process put the executable file in a new directory called bin.  so type in:  cd bin

9.  Type sudo ./xmr-stak        This will open the program and initially ask you questions about the pool address, username, etc.  After all of that, it will start mining.  You can hit control+C to stop it.  After that, it will have created 2 files in the directory, 1 called cpu.txt (dictates the threads and settings for cpu mining)  and config.txt which has all of the info you input on the first screen and a few other options.

   {"pool_address" : "nyc01.supportxmr.com:7777", "wallet_address" : "46yaZ91eoYma8jbeSRQ9sDc4xnNaGk6qTZMjHyaPgEJ7fN4TuLiYgz7erQggdc66aPT8zXjCgBjoB1q3mGr3zZkcKFUS8np",



In /etc/security/limits.conf  I also added the following 2 lines:
* soft memlock 262144
* hard memlock 262144

and in /etc/sysctl.conf added:
vm.nr_hugepages=128