eric@lucii.org on 8 Oct 2004 16:17:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] bitorrent


On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 11:51:49AM -0400, Mike Leone wrote:
> Paul (gyoza@comcast.net) had this to say on 10/07/04 at 18:08: 
> > Tobias DiPasquale wrote:
> > 
> > >On Oct 7, 2004, at 10:38 AM, Art Alexion wrote:
> > >
> > >>I tried to install a bitorrent client but couldn't get it to work.  
> > >>Any recommendations/suggestions?  (Am using gtk 1.x if that matters)
> > >
> > >
> > >BitTorrent from the package rarely (if ever) works. Its structured in 
> > >such a way that it needs its libraries to be right where they are in 
> > >the Bram Cohen tarball. Just download the tarball of the latest 
> > >version from http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/ and untar it in your ~ 
> > >somewhere and use that. That's about all you're going to be able to 
> > >do. I've tried to install the package on RH, Gentoo and Debian and 
> > >they all failed. I'm beginning to think that there is no testing of 
> > >that package ever.
> > >
> > The official basic client sucks under Linux and Windows.  Maybe more so 
> > under Windows.  (I use ABC with XP.)
> 
> Use Azureus. Runs under Java, and works beautifully, under both Linux and
> Windows. I use it constantly, for downloading live concerts.

Does it work through a firewall?  I tried this several months ago (back 
before my hard drive crash) and it complained.  If I recall, it was
the firewall that was the issue.

Eric 
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