Downloaded Ktorrent

philnk · 10-14-2008, 11:59 AM

I downloaded ktorrent and all I got was a INSTALL and USER folder, with no place to configure or make. I am new to this stuff so I may be missing something fairly obvious I hope.

watcher69b · 10-14-2008, 12:28 PM

1st is there a README you can look at?

2nd look for an automake.sh
if there is one run that and it will make the make files

philnk · 10-14-2008, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by watcher69b

1st is there a README you can look at?

2nd look for an automake.sh
if there is one run that and it will make the make files

I also downloaded k3b and got same set of folders with onlu the INSTALL folder containing a INSTALL.sh script. Again, no place for ./configure, make.

keefaz · 10-14-2008, 12:44 PM

I feel you describe typical slackware package top directories (install/ and usr/)
If yes, it is not a software source package, you don't have to untar and compile it,
just do:
installpkg <nameOfThePackage>.tgz

philnk · 10-14-2008, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keefaz

I feel you describe typical slackware package top directories (install/ and usr/)
If yes, it is not a software source package, you don't have to untar and compile it,
just do:
installpkg <nameOfThePackage>.tgz

thanks, that worked.

bassmadrigal · 10-14-2008, 03:09 PM

Just an FYI... The new ktorrent (v 3+) does not include the configure like before. Rather they have you create a build directory and from that run the command... well here are the instructions from their site.

Code:

tar -xvjf ktorrent-3.X.Y.tar.bz2
cd ktorrent-3.X.Y
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` ..
make
sudo make install

From what I have noticed so far, it seems this is pretty standard for kde4 apps.

Just something to keep in mind.