The bittorrent client.Forum: myDSL Extensions (deprecated) Topic: The bittorrent client. started by: schopenhauer101 Posted by schopenhauer101 on Jan. 27 2005,16:41
I really like the bittorrent client that i get with mydsl. On my other laptop i got a Debian system, and i use bittorrent + the usual gui and i do not like that half as much as the dsl-version. Where can i get the bittorrent client that is used in DSL? By the way, can .dsl extensions be used in a debian system in some way? How? If it is possible what could be problematic with that?Take care/ Björn Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Jan. 27 2005,17:31
Easy.apt-get install bittorrent if you later decide you want the gui version... apt-get install bittorrent-gui ^_^ -J.P. Posted by schopenhauer101 on Jan. 27 2005,18:02
Maybe i missunderstood something, or didnt make myself clear enough. Ive already apt-geted bittorrent and the gui, but i do not behave at all like in dsl. If i write "bittorrent" in dsl i get the opportunity to chose uploadspeed in a gui, and then i can go to the folders with .torrent and download destination. In my debiansystems i do not get this oportunities. Maybe i should just take a closer look on how to configure bittorrent.Take care/ Björn. Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Jan. 27 2005,18:23
Oh!That is a custom wrapper. It isn't available anywhere except the bittorrent.dsl. And I recently finished a new version of bittorrent.dsl, ans it has a much nicer (flua) wrapper now. You will like it. Especially manycurses. -J.P. Posted by schopenhauer101 on Jan. 27 2005,23:04
Wow!Then:
Can it be done? Take care/ Björn Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 28 2005,00:02
Surely it can be done. DSL extensions are merely pre-compiled applications packaged together (tar + gzip) with any dependencies and stripped of docs and unnecessary extras.you could try it out by doing something like this: tar xzf filename.dsl -C / You'll need to deal with menu items and icons on your own. Keep in mind, though, that a Debian system typically has many more files than DSL...some of those files may get overwritten. The safest thing would be to extract the archives with the 'k' option to prevent overwriting: tar -xzkf filename.dsl -C / Additionally, your Debian system may be missing something which is present in DSL...in this case the application may not work. My belief, though, is that you are better off using apt instead. If there is something you like which is part of DSL only (it will almost always be a script) you could copy just that into your Debian system. The script may need to be edited to reflect any path differences. |