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dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

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how to download things with BitTorrant

i got emails asking me how to use BitTorrant to download the ISO's ... hmm ... i have no idea, as i do not even know how BitTorrant works (well, the principle i know from the webpage)

can anyone explain how to download something with BitTorrant?

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lilsirecho

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Re: how to download things with BitTorrant

It mayhelp to spell it ...Bit Torrent....

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lilsirecho

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Re: how to download things with BitTorrant

Checkout...http://bit conjurer.org/Bit Torrent

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Xentac

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Re: how to download things with BitTorrant

btdownloadgui.py <URL to .torrent file>

You can also use btdownloadheadless.py and btdownloadcurses.py

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dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

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Re: how to download things with BitTorrant

It mayhelp to spell it ...Bit Torrent....

with my internet-connection i never intended to use it, so i cannot even spell it :-)

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dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

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Re: how to download things with BitTorrant

btdownloadgui.py <URL to .torrent file>

You can also use btdownloadheadless.py and btdownloadcurses.py

i forwarded this - thanx

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sud_crow

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Registered: 2003-06-30

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Re: how to download things with BitTorrant

Or you can also use a great Bittorrent GUI Client, called Azureus, its written in Java and its features are quite awasome compared to the default client.

Here is the link:
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

I think there is a PKGBUILD  somewhere in the TURs, anyway, as its a java prog. you can run it directly from its directory, so the only thing you would need, is to move it to /opt/azureus and make a simbolic link to its binary in /usr/bin

Anyway, i use it with my dial-up and get around 6k... and you can get real good stuff from BT.

regards!

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blabla

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Registered: 2004-06-22

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Re: how to download things with BitTorrant

hi,
starting Azureus gives the following error:

Starting Azureus...
Java exec found in PATH. Verifying...
Suitable java version found [java = 1.4.2_04]
Configuring environment...
Loading Azureus:
java -cp :/opt/j2re/lib:*.jar -Djava.library.path=/usr/bin org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.Main ''
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/gudy/azureus2/ui/swt/Main
Azureus TERMINATED]

Any suggestions?

gr

lytez

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Registered: 2003-11-28

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Re: how to download things with BitTorrant

You need to make sure you have your CLASSPATH variable set correctly...

...make sure yours looks something like this:

lytez@zanzibar$ echo $CLASSPATH
:/opt/j2re/lib:/opt/j2sdk/lib

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lanrat

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From: Poland

Registered: 2003-10-28

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Re: how to download things with BitTorrant

Some time ago I placed two pkgbuilds in the new packages forum for two torrent programs: qtorrent (simple and nice gui in python with own bittorrent version included - no confilcts with other bittorrents) and ctorrent - console torrent written in c - pure and light :-)

blabla

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Registered: 2004-06-22

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Re: how to download things with BitTorrant

[root@famjong PKGBUILD]# echo $CLASSPATH
:/opt/j2re/lib

So, classpath is setup correctly...........................