HOWTO: Install DC++ for linux

**teaker1s** · October 28th, 2005

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**Binnikemasken** · November 1st, 2005

Thanks a lot! This worked fine \o/
I really appreciate this tutorial

**jordz** · November 2nd, 2005

thx, install did work fine

**c4pp4** · November 6th, 2005

thanks for great howto

**Sonobana** · November 9th, 2005

Hi all!

How i make a deb from cvs-version.

**WetWilly** · November 13th, 2005

I just wanted to give people the option to use the latest version of this client cause the binary that people use here is now way outdated and numerous patches to this great client have been released.
Most of the info is copied from a thread by wbeck85 and cred goes to him. I just updated packages to go with Breezy and Dapper.

First you need the necessary packages to download and build it correctly, so fire up a terminal and type

If you use Breezy:

Code:

sudo apt-get install cvs libgtk2.0-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev libglademm-2.4-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-1.0 libbz2-dev g++-3.4 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common g++ libgtkmm-2.4-1c2 libglademm-2.4-1c2 scons

If you use Dapper:

Code:

sudo apt-get install cvs libgtk2.0-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev libglademm-2.4-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-1.0 libbz2-dev g++-3.4 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common g++ libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libglademm-2.4-1c2a scons

When that is done you should install the headers for your kernel:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

OK! So far so good. Now you need to download the files from the CVS and compile it.

Its easiest to download and install it in your home directory so:

Code:

cd ~
sudo cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxdcpp.berlios.de:/cvsroot/linuxdcpp login

Now it asks you for a password but just hit Enter without typing anything then

Code:

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxdcpp.berlios.de:/cvsroot/linuxdcpp co linuxdcpp

Now the download starts and a folder called linuxdcpp gets created in your home dir. Once it finishes enter in that folder and start building with

Code:

cd linuxdcpp
sudo scons

It will start compiling and that may take some time depending on your hardware but once it finishes you can run(or make a starter for)

Code:

~/linuxdcpp/dcpp

Here is a nice icon to use for your starter, http://www.tucoo.com/icon/Exogen/s/DC++.png or maybe u prefer this one: http://image.versiontracker.com/clie...2x32-32bit.png

**nepenthean** · November 22nd, 2005

I do not know if this guide is pertinent to Kubuntu, but I got to the very end, sudo scons, and got this...

scons: *** No SConstruct file found.
File "/usr/lib/scons/SCons/Script/__init__.py", line 870, in _main

??

**nepenthean** · November 23rd, 2005

I get to the end, sudo scons, and and met with,

Checking for main() in C library bz2... no
Did not find the bz2 library (bz2 compression)
Can't live without it, exiting
Note: You might have the lib but not the headers

I am using Kubuntu 5.10

Thanks in advance ya'll.