Direct Connect on Linux and Bittorrent on Linux

**Power Penguin** · August 10th, 2003, 02:59 PM

I downloaded an RPM for Bittorrent but I don't know how to install it. Can anyone help?

I've just spent three days getting my modem to work, so this is all I need. :-/

I have Red Hat 9.0

**Sockfulloflove** · August 10th, 2003, 03:00 PM

I was able to set up a DC Linux mod on Mandrake. But never BT. Notbob gave me the link to the DC Linux, I forget the name.

**cpugeniusmv** · August 10th, 2003, 03:05 PM

at the command line...

rpm -i lala.rpm

DCGUI

**Power Penguin** · August 10th, 2003, 03:33 PM

Amazingingly I typed "Diect COnnect For Linux" into Google, and this came up. Now why didn't I think of this before I posted. Don't answer that :-/

http://dc.ketelhot.de/download.php

Oh I've just seen the link by CPU. Thanks.

**Sockfulloflove** · August 10th, 2003, 03:57 PM

The one CPU gave is the same one I had.

**Power Penguin** · August 10th, 2003, 03:58 PM

How do I now run direct connect? It doesn't appear in the "Start Menu"!

Thanks.

EDIT. DOesn't matter, you gotta use the command line. Weird!

**isamoor** · August 10th, 2003, 04:04 PM

If you're running kde, there should be a search for menu apps option that might add an entry.

Otherwise, you're gonna have to do it the good ol' way. :) Just open up a terminal and try typing "dc" or maybe it's dc++. Or you ca just search your hard drive for dc* until you find the binary command.

As far as bittorrent, there is an official release for linux. You just download the archive and unpack it. Then you open a terminal in the directory and run it from there. No install needed. There should be a manual in there about how to use it. :)

Hope that helps,

Later,

Isamoor

**cpugeniusmv** · August 10th, 2003, 04:09 PM

Originally posted by Will Rae
How do I now run direct connect? It doesn't appear in the "Start Menu"!

Thanks.

EDIT. DOesn't matter, you gotta use the command line. Weird!

you can create a "shortcut" on the desktop when you find it...

it's in /usr/bin/somethingorother

look for something with "dcgui" in the name.

**BloodStraw** · August 10th, 2003, 04:46 PM

in the start meny go to "command" (or something long time ago i used lin) and type "thenameoftheapp" (without qoutes) and it should launch

**Power Penguin** · August 10th, 2003, 07:53 PM

http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/se...ery=BitTorrent

As I can't get Kazaa for movies, this is my next best thing.

I download the first rpm on to the desktop, I double-clicked it, yet it just sits there.

Also I would like to hear about must have P2P applications for linux.

**isamoor** · August 10th, 2003, 08:14 PM

The bittorrent app is a CL (command line) app. You can't just click on it. You have to read the directions and open up a terminal and type the appropriate commands. At the same time, that doesn't slow it down a bit. You'll probably blaze even faster if you can since linux is better than almost any windows at number of simultaneous TCP/IP connections.

The best P2P apps in my opinion are GTK-Gnutella for music and Xmule for anything bigger than 10 megs.

If you have mandrake, just add the plf as a source and then update it and you should be able to install those apps through rpmdrake.

Later,

Isamoor

P.S. Oh, and you can get kazaa, but I don't think that's worth trying for you yet. It takes a bit of work. When you feel up to the challenge, head over to Frank's Corner for help.

**Power Penguin** · August 10th, 2003, 08:20 PM

I realise Bittorrent is a command line app. But at the moment it is an RPM file on the desktop. NOT a folder.

When I double click the RPM nothing seems to happen. How do I know what the hell is going on with this thing?! There are no directions just this :

bittorrent-3.2.1b-5mdk.src.rpm

**cpugeniusmv** · August 10th, 2003, 08:21 PM

what is the PLF?

**isamoor** · August 10th, 2003, 08:54 PM

Sorry Will, misunderstood what you meant. You have yourself a source rpm there. You would need to compile it, and I doubt you installed the tools needed. Lettme redirect you a bit here...

Go over to their home page here and grab the files listed as "source". http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/index.html

Specifically this one:

http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/Bi...-3.2.1b.tar.gz

I don't know why they call it source, since it's actually the full program. Unpack that somewhere and then you should have the directions and the program in that directory.

If you do ever want to install a third party rpm, the easiest way is just to go the command line, become root, and use the rpm command. Open up a terminal and type "man rpm" to learn about it. Common option combos are -Ivh or -Uvh to update.

Your rpm was a .src.rpm though, and it wouldn't work like that.

Now on to the PLF. This is a mandrake only group. They help out by releasing all the apps that mandrake can't or won't. Such as DVD players and console emulators. They also lend themselves to the p2p crowd.

They have their website here, and the second link explains how to add their sources to urpmi (rpmdake).

http://plf.zarb.org/

http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/

Urpmi is mandrake's version of apt-get, and their most underrated feature. The gui version is the rpmdrake in the control center, which is what you might want to use to browse around in. Urpmi can download and install any app it knows about and also download and install any of it's dependencies it knows about. Works pretty well too, although maybe not quite as nice as the classic apt-get.

The plf keep a package repository that can be easily integrated into urpmi. After you add their sources and update them, installing gtk-gnutella would be as easy as typing "urpmi gtk-gnutella" at the command prompt. Of course you can use the gui (rpmdrake) too.

Hope that explains some stuff.

Later,

Isamoor

edit: I forgot to mention that you redhat people out there can use the freshrpms people instead of the plf. They install an rpm adapted version of apt-get with the gui of synaptic to install apps. Works a lot easier than RH's default package management. Their site is over here:

http://freshrpms.net/

edit2:

That bittorrent file has a lot of stuff in it I just remembered. It actually has a couple guis too. I've only used the command line part included. You should hopefully be able to make heads or tails out of it once you see it. If you want a working gui, I'd recommend seeing if the plf had a package, they'd throw on all the dependencies as well.

**isamoor** · August 10th, 2003, 09:10 PM

So I browsed through their packages to see what they had at this time. They don't have a bittorrent setup, so you'll just need to get that tar to work for you (I have had good luck in past. Maxed out dl in seconds)

The newest versions of gtk-gnutella and xmule are only in the cooker version of plf. The cooker is mandrake's developement work. It's constantly changing and generally unstable. Each release is then "cooked" out of the cooker. You should be okay adding the plf urpmi sources for the cooker version, I just wanted to warn you that a few things might be a little more unstable from in there.

Meaning, it would be okay to use a few cooker apps (gtk-gnutella .92 for example), but I wouldn't upgrade your whole system. :)

Later,

Isamoor