Topic: installing bittorrent client

[dwater]

I'm trying to install a bittorrent client on my server, but am having trouble.

I am running SME 6.0 (I think, or it might be 6.1 - not sure - how to find out?).

I have downloaded bittorrent-3.4.2-1.norlug.noarch.rpm which needed python2.3-2.3.5-1.norlug.i386.rpm which needed db4-4.0.14-20.i386.rpm, after which the dependencies expanded to :

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$ rpm -Uvh bittorrent-3.4.2-1.norlug.noarch.rpm python2.3-2.3.5-1.norlug.i386.rpm db4-4.0.14-20.i386.rpm --test
error: failed dependencies:
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)   is needed by db4-4.0.14-20
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.2)   is needed by db4-4.0.14-20
        libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.3.2)   is needed by db4-4.0.14-20
        libdb.so.2   is needed by python-1.5.2-43.73
        libdb.so.2(GLIBC_2.0)   is needed by python-1.5.2-43.73

and I gave up.

What's the easiest way to install a bittorrent client so that I can contribute to TLMP?

Max.

[isi]

Why didn't you use mldonkey.

cu

[azche24]

Hi,

Why didn't you use mldonkey.

The installation of mldonkey is somehow obscure and only documented in french. Though i have some linux knowhow since my first steps with SME, i did not manage to install mldonkey either. I do not speak french.

[isi]

You don not have to speak french to install mldonkey.

visit:

http://azurlinux.com/files/e-smith/mldonkey/sme-6.0/

http://www.mldonkey.org/

http://mldonkey.dyndns.info/

and you have to use sancho for the gui.

http://sancho-gui.sourceforge.net/

cu

[dwater]

Why didn't you use mldonkey.

cu

...because it isn't bittorrent.

...or is it?

Max.

[isi]

from mldonkey.org

The official MLdonkey Community and News page!
MLdonkey is a powerful peer 2 peer (p2p) application for accessing the Edonkey2000 network as well as a few others like FastTrack, Bittorrent and Gnutella2.
The opensource MLdonkey p2p client is mainly being developed for Linux/Unix, but is also compiled and running on Windows and even MacOS X

How would you install some software, when you aren't reading.

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[CharlieBrady]

I have downloaded bittorrent-3.4.2-1.norlug.noarch.rpm which needed python2.3-2.3.5-1.norlug.i386.rpm which needed db4-4.0.14-20.i386.rpm, after which the dependencies expanded to ...

You need a version of the client compiled for RH 7.3. The one you found is for later RH.

[Curly]

I've downloaded the official bittorrent client (python-scripts) from www.bittorrent.com and put all the files in a separate directory. So that is the source, not an .rpm .

I changed the path to python to /usr/bin/python2 in the header of the script btdownloadheadless.py, and use that script to download torrents.

Version 4 and higher need a little change in defaultargs.py, something with 'filesystemencoding' set to 'ascii' and it works !

Used version 3.4.2, 4.0 and now 4.0.1

[azche24]

Hi,

You don not have to speak french to install mldonkey.

After your statement it tried these. OK: MLdonkey installs on SME, but how does it work?

1. There are some ebays showing up. I do not have write access to these ebays.
2. Do i have to add myself to group mldonkey or whatever?
3. Bittorrent does not work, even though it is enabled from sanchez and is enabled in the configuration file.
4. None of your stated documentation explains, how to add torrents for download or even upload to MLdonkey.
5. It is not documented, which ports on the firewall are opened by the sme-mldonkey.rpm ; to make it clear: I do not like that.
6. The opened ports and the new user/group mldonkey do not show up in server-manager. I do not like that either.

For these reasons i only was able to use the emule-services with mldonkey. But i only use/need bittorent.

At least i did not find any docs, that explain in english and completely, what the mldonkey.rpm does on SME and how to use it.

Enlighten me, please.

[stiperstones]

Hi,

You don not have to speak french to install mldonkey.

After your statement it tried these. OK: MLdonkey installs on SME, but how does it work?

1. There are some ebays showing up. I do not have write access to these ebays.
2. Do i have to add myself to group mldonkey or whatever?
3. Bittorrent does not work, even though it is enabled from sanchez and is enabled in the configuration file.
4. None of your stated documentation explains, how to add torrents for download or even upload to MLdonkey.
5. It is not documented, which ports on the firewall are opened by the sme-mldonkey.rpm ; to make it clear: I do not like that.
6. The opened ports and the new user/group mldonkey do not show up in server-manager. I do not like that either.

For these reasons i only was able to use the emule-services with mldonkey. But i only use/need bittorent.

At least i did not find any docs, that explain in english and completely, what the mldonkey.rpm does on SME and how to use it.

Enlighten me, please.

Having same problem do  i install sancho onto sme or on the machine i are working from.

[azche24]

Having same problem do  i install sancho onto sme or on the machine i are working from.

Sancho has to be installed on the client. I did not like sancho. Many options and hardtofind parameters.

The original MLdonkey contrib can be accessed via http://servername:XX and that works pretty well.

But i uninstalled the mldonkey-contrib, because it did not work with bittorrent.

[stiperstones]

Yes mldonkey does work on SME 6.0.1

And picks up th bittorrent peers

and using this linux binaries - gtk for the link from sancho

http://sancho-gui.sourceforge.net/ not the java-gui
 
http://sancho-gui.sourceforge.net/dl/?31

Here's the proof a screenshot picking up fedora core 4 dvd

http://www.stiperstones.com/sme/pictures/sancho.jpg

ps dont know if sancho works on windoze 2000/xp
there is some software for windoze 98/me  

[azche24]

Hi,

Yes mldonkey does work on SME 6.0.1

could you exactly tell us, what and how you did install?

Did you install sancho on the SME server?

Which MLdonkey.rpm did you use?

[stiperstones]

Here,s a small howto: to install mldonkey on SME 6.0.1  
http://mldonkey.org/

Warning you install this software at your own risk has it opens ports on your server.

If using windoze's use putty to follow this howto part 1 I dont use it so you will have to find your own GUI  interface (No Offence)


Using GNU/Linux

HOWTO: PART 1

Open terminal and issue

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ssh root@your-server-ip

login

Make directory

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root]# mkdir mldonkey


Change into that directory

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root]# cd mldonkey


Download file into directory

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mldonkey]# wget http://azurlinux.com/files/e-smith/mldonkey/sme-6.0/sme-mldonkey-1.1-6.i386.rpm


To install

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mldonkey]# rpm -Uvh sme-mldonkey-1.1-6.i386.rpm


To start mldonkey

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root]# service mldonkey start


To stop mldonkey

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root]# service mldonkey stop


INFO ONLY: This installs mldonkey to /home/mldonkey

To log onto mldonkey using a webpage this basic web-gui

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http://your-server-ip:4080


This web gui i did not find very easy to manipulate read the wiki and forums

http://mldonkey.berlios.de/modules.php?name=Wiki

http://mldonkey.berlios.de/modules.php?name=Forums

HOWTO: PART 2

Warning this only works on GNU/Linux machines this is installed on Fedora-Core 4

Install this on your client machine into a folder in your home directory. ie: the one you connect to your SME server

I used this gui linux binaries – gtk

Here is the download page
http://sancho-gui.sourceforge.net/download.phtml

Download this into a folder in your home directory
http://sancho-gui.sourceforge.net/dl/?31

To extract:

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tar -jxvf [filename]


Produces a folder in the your directory
named

sancho-0.9.4-44-linux-gtk

cd into the directory

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]$ cd your-directory-name/sancho-0.9.4-44-linux-gtk


to start issue this command

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$ sh sancho


follow the instructions
The End.

Go here for PDF version of this howto
http://www.stiperstones.com/sme/downloads/howto-mldonkey.pdf

Enjoy!!
 Howto built up from
http://mldonkey.org/  and  http://sancho-gui.sourceforge.net/

[drlizau]

I've installed mldonkey, and it took me some time to configure it, but now it's all done.
From the web interface you can download bittorrents.

there is an empty bar with a box at the right hand end of it marked "input"

you paste the link into this bar and precede it with dllink
then hit the 'input' button.

example, to get dsl using open-bits.org tracker
dllink http://open-bits.org/download.php/1893/dsl-1.2.iso.torrent

the wiki at mldonkey.berlios.de was helpful