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diff --git a/extra/bittorrent/README b/extra/bittorrent/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..551ba8660 --- /dev/null +++ b/extra/bittorrent/README @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ + +Here's a BitTorrent package for Slackware. + +Note that we don't ship either wxGTK or wxPython, which are needed for the +bittorrent-console script. I built and installed these, and couldn't justify +the huge size (and assorted build problems) in order to enable an ugly little +dialog box. But feel free to grab those sources and knock yourself out! + +I've included a simple script and mailcap entry to allow using the curses +based downloader instead, which will work just the same as the GUI version +but with a lot less library overhead required. For Mozilla, Netscape, and +other browsers that read /etc/mailcap, once you've installed this package +BitTorrent should work right out of the box. If your browser doesn't use +/etc/mailcap, you can set it up to use /usr/bin/bittorrent-xterm as the +helper application for the MIME type application/x-bittorrent. + +If you're a command-line user, you may also consider using bittorrent-curses +manually. Here's how: + +1. Download the .torrent file into your download directory. + +2. At the command line, use the curses version of BitTorrent to download: + bittorrent-curses some-big-file.torrent + +This should start the download and bring up a status screen where you can +monitor the download (and upload) progress. + +Have fun! + +- P. + |