Re: BitTorrent for shrike?

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> You should NOT use --force to install anything. You
> will pay for it later!!
> Bittorrent does NOT need to be installed. Run it
> from the command line!!
> As a general rule if you have to use --force or
> --nodeps something is broken
> and you need to understand ALL of the consequences
> of using the above switches
> before you use them. For something like BitTorrent
> it is just not worth it.
> 
> As I said above BitTorrent works just fine from a
> command line.
> 
> As was suggested earlier you can use 
> btdownloadcurses.py --url
> http://f.moya.scarywater.net/redhat9.torrent
> 
> If you are on adsl you will most likely have to
> limit your outbound bandwidth
> to get decent inbound bandwidth. For that matter
> given that 9 has been out
> for several weeks you might do better just getting
> it from one of the
> official Red Hat Linux mirrors. It should be less
> hassel but maybe not as
> much fun. :-)
> 
> 
> You have been warned!! :-)


This is so true.. never install anything by force. I
found a good bitorrent for linux tutorial at:

http://www.linux-sxs.org/internet_browsing/bittorrent.html

you don't have to install anything.. just untar at a
location you can remember. you could even create some
links from /home/user/bin 

Rigo



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