Latest svn versions in handy .DEB packages

Joel Oliver joelol75 at verizon.net
Mon Nov 17 03:26:19 UTC 2008


I usually just download and recompile gtk-gnutella every week or so.  
The versions in the repos are so ancient that most of the time they 
won't run (It has a feature in the code that stable versions will not 
run by default after a year)

Even if it does run, it takes along time to connect (if at all) because 
the server list is so old.  Not to mention that the hostile sites change 
daily.

I can't seem to find them in an easy backported .deb package or 
repository, so I made my own in both 32 and 64 bit versions and put them 
up on my website.  I will keep them updated and test them often as 
well.  My website is at http://stinker.serveftp.net:8000

They run under both Hardy Heron (8.04) and Intepid Ibex (8.10).  I also 
tested them under Linux Mint and Debian Lenny.  These packages were 
compiled with all the available options (DBus, TLS encypted connections 
support, GTK2...)  If demand gets high enough I'll learn to either run 
my own repository (I would prefer this approach) or create a Launchpad 
PPA.   All my friends that I switched over from Windows love 
gtk-gnutella and every time I forget to tell them to upgrade to the 
latest version or it shuts off after time (I think it's only 3 months 
for unstable versions)... I know theres a setting to override this but 
trying to explain how to compile code might be a turn off for them...  
That's my intentions for creating them (Not trashing peoples systems, 
but I would understand if people are not wanting to trust a 3rd party)  
Just trying to give back to a great program which seems very 
unmaintained in the official backport repos... I would even be 
interested in taking this responsibility but wouldn't know where to 
start....  Well anyway.

For x86 Architecture(32Bit)

http://stinker.serveftp.net:8000/gtkgnutella/gtk-gnutella_0.96.6~svn15872_i386.deb



For x86_64 (amd64) (64 Bit)

http://stinker.serveftp.net:8000/gtkgnutella/gtk-gnutella_0.96.6~svn15872_i386.deb

Joel.




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