P2P file-sharing Software in Ubuntu

LinuxDC++ is a Linux port of the file-sharing program DC++. It uses the DC++ core but with a GTK+ GUI. It has also been called by many other names including linuxdcpp, ldcpp, dcpp, ldc++, dc++ for linux, wulfor.DC for Linux is a Unix/Linux port of DC++, a popular P2P program.

Installing LinuxDC++ in Ubuntu

Installing prerequisites

sudo apt-get install cvs scons build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libglade2-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libglitz1-dev

After finishing the installation you need to download LinuxDC++ from their anonymously CVS.This program is currently only

avaliable through cvs.Currently my working directory is /usr/local/src.

cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/linuxdcpp login

This will prompt for password
(leave password blank)

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/linuxdcpp co linuxdcpp

If you want to download from CVS web check here http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/linuxdcpp

Install LinuxDC++

Once you download the software from CVS you should be having linuxdcpp directory and now you need to enter in to the

directory using the following command.

cd linuxdcpp

scons release=1 PREFIX=/usr/local (You can choose this option)

This will starts the compilation checks and other linuxdcpp related.

Now you need to install using the following command

sudo scons install

This will finish the installation

Now if you want to run linuxdcpp just enter the following command

linuxdcpp

Now you should see the following screen

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Public hub screen looks like below.

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LinuxDC++ Version Details

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13 thoughts on “P2P file-sharing Software in Ubuntu

  1. I’m new to linux so this is probably something really simple, but when i run
    “sudo scons install”
    this happens
    “scons: Reading SConscript files …
    scons: done reading SConscript files.
    scons: Building targets …
    scons: *** Source `linuxdcpp’ not found, needed by target `/usr/local/bin/linuxdcpp’. Stop.
    scons: building terminated because of errors.”

    i don’t know if it has anything to do with this, but when i run
    “scons release=1 PREFIX=/usr/local”
    this happens
    “Checking for main() in C library ssl… no
    OpenSSL library (libssl) not found
    Note: You might have the lib but not the headers”

    i would appreciate any help you could give me. thanks

  2. when i run
    “scons release=1 PREFIX=/usr/local”
    it does find everything else… just not the OpenSSL library

  3. when i run “scons release=1 PREFIX=/usr/local”
    lananda@macchina-infernale:~/linuxdcpp$ scons release=1 PREFIX=/usr/local
    scons: Reading SConscript files …
    Checking for g++ >= 3.4…ok
    Checking for pkg-config… ok
    Checking for gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6… ok
    Checking for gthread-2.0 >= 2.4… ok
    Checking for libglade-2.0 >= 2.4… ok
    Checking for C header file time.h… yes
    Checking for C header file signal.h… yes
    Checking for C header file unistd.h… yes
    Checking for main() in C library pthread… yes
    Checking for main() in C library z… yes
    Checking for main() in C library bz2… yes
    Checking for main() in C library ssl… no
    OpenSSL library (libssl) not found
    Note: You might have the lib but not the headers
    …please help me…thanks

  4. I am behind a firewall and cannot cvs :(. can somebody please make a tarball and share? i would be most grateful

    thanks

  5. if you get the error message about crypto library try to reinstall the packages with sudo apt-get install cvs scons build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libglade2-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libglitz1-dev libssl-dev. that should work,then go on with the instalation

  6. Thanks, but I receive the following message:

    …rdrg@rdrg-laptop:~/linuxdcpp$ linuxdcpp
    Loading: Hash database
    Loading: Shared Files
    Loading: Download Queue
    linuxdcpp: ../../src/xcb_io.c:176: process_responses: Assertion `!(req && current_request && !(((long) (req->sequence) – (long) (current_request)) <= 0))' failed.
    Aborted

    What should I do?

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