[ubuntu-uk] Installing the Nicotine client

[John]

danattwood wrote:
> Rowan Berkeley wrote:
>   
>> You may recall I mentioned a version of the file-sharing client,
>> Soulseek, for Linux a few weeks ago, called Nicotine. I've got the
>> unpacked folder sitting on my desktop right now, but simply clicking
>> the .exe file within, marked 'Nicotine', doesn't bring up a functional
>> user interface, just one which is mainly blank field. Elsewhere in the
>> folder is an INSTALL instruction, as follows:
>>
>> "Linux/Unix installation instructions follow. To install Nicotine, from
>> the source tree run:
>> python setup.py install --prefix=<dir>
>> If you omit --prefix Nicotine will be installed into the python system
>> directory (typically /usr) This is not recommended however, as there is
>> no way to uninstall things easily this way. The recommended way of
>> running Nicotine is from the source tree, which might seem strange, but
>> is no problem at all, especially if you are the only user of the system
>> that is interested in running Nicotine. From the source tree run:
>> python ./nicotine"
>>
>> The folder is right now located on my desktop, and I would like to have
>> it where all my other applications are, but launchable from the desktop
>> panel via an icon. Please tell me what exactly to put into the terminal.
>> Should I change "<dir>" to "/etc", which I think is the normal place for
>> applications, or something like that?  
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
> you could try the deb file from;
>
> http://linuxappfinder.com/package/nicotine
>
> Dan
>
>   
Nicotine is in the Universal Repositories.
Dont know if you have seen that or its update version, but its there. 
Just found it.

Hope that helps.

John.