Gnu Arch (CVS replacement) + ABC (Bit Torrent Client)

Father · 2004-06-01 08:42:10

begin{edit}

Sorry, I just noticed that GnuArch is apparently in `STAGING' (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=4529)
and someone else mentioned ABC previously..

what a great way to enter the forum... damn..

end{edit}

===========================

Thanks for the great distribution.

i'd like to request 2 applications

the first is GnuArch, a superset of subversion.
http://www.gnuarch.org/

Secondly, ABC (yet Another Bit-torrent Client)
http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/

it seems to be ok, however its UI is quite slow and the underlying bit torrent client (Bit Tornado) isnt compatible with some of the newer torrent trackers.
If you know of a better bit torrent client -WITH- a gui capable of queueing multiple torrents at a time then by all means add that instead.
But i just dont like having to manually restart individual torrents all the time.

Thanks again.

lanrat · 2004-06-01 10:53:55

I'm not using torrent a lot now but I made pkgbuilds for 2 other independent bittorrent clients some time ago. You may try them if you want:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … highlight=
Ctorrent is a console app and qtorrent uses qt lib and is written in python. They can coexist with other bittorent clients safely in arch. Check homepages for more info - urls included in pkgbuilds. I think qtorrent may be what you are looking for.

cactus · 2004-06-01 17:40:45

Azureus was a decent torrent client the last time I used it. I can't imagine that is has gotten worse since then...

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

Father · 2004-06-02 08:57:52

yeah i know about those clients, but i rather keep things within the package management system.. and i dont have the time to learn abs at the moment..

also, qtorrent requires pyqt, which i cant see in the repository.. so.. yeah..

thanks for the help anyway..

lanrat · 2004-06-02 12:08:54

Pyqt is in the staging repo: http://xentac.net/~tur/repos.php
Add this repo to your pacman.conf (instructions on the page) and just install with pacman -S.

Making qtorrent package of PKGBUILD:
1. Save the code section from the forum in PKGBUILD file in some build directory (doesn't really matter but the best place is /var/abs/local/qtorrent)
2. Su to became root.
3. type makepkg (in the dir where you saved the PKGBUILD)
4. wait a few seconds :-)
5. if everything goes well (it should) type pacman -A nameofthegeneratedpackagefile.tar.gz

That's all. Complicated? I don't think so 8)

Father · 2004-06-05 04:34:53

AHHH.. ahahahah.. sorry, ive gotta get used to searching the other repositories aswell.. normally i just `pacman -Ss xxx' and i forget to check the packages on the site. /begin{edit} AND the TURs.. heh.. /end{edit}

is there some way to search the other repositories (testing, TURs etc) without exposing the system to updates from them?

thanks for the help..

Arch Linux

#1 2004-06-01 08:42:10

Gnu Arch (CVS replacement) + ABC (Bit Torrent Client)

#2 2004-06-01 10:53:55

Re: Gnu Arch (CVS replacement) + ABC (Bit Torrent Client)

#3 2004-06-01 17:40:45

Re: Gnu Arch (CVS replacement) + ABC (Bit Torrent Client)

#4 2004-06-02 08:57:52

Re: Gnu Arch (CVS replacement) + ABC (Bit Torrent Client)

#5 2004-06-02 12:08:54

Re: Gnu Arch (CVS replacement) + ABC (Bit Torrent Client)

#6 2004-06-05 04:34:53

Re: Gnu Arch (CVS replacement) + ABC (Bit Torrent Client)

Board footer