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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