Bittorrent - how to use on Linux?

Jim Cornette fc-cornette at insight.rr.com
Mon Jun 13 02:15:43 UTC 2005 

Thomas Taylor wrote:

>On Sunday 12 June 2005 16:38, Jim Cornette wrote:
>  
>
>>Thomas Taylor wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Hi Paul:
>>>
>>>I've downloaded the above rpm and attempted to install but get a
>>>dependency error  (see below).  I've tried yum from regular, extras and
>>>development repos with no success at locating python-abi.
>>>
>>>[root at linux2 bittorrent-FC3]# rpm -Uvh bittorrent-4.1.1-4.fc3.noarch.rpm
>>>warning: bittorrent-4.1.1-4.fc3.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature:
>>>NOKEY, key ID b56a8bac
>>>error: Failed dependencies:
>>>       python-abi = 2.3 is needed by bittorrent-4.1.1-4.fc3.noarch
>>>
>>>Would you please inform me where that is available?  Also, I'm not sure
>>>which rpm files are needed, just the bittorrent file, or the
>>>bittorrent-gui and/or wxPythonGTK2.
>>>
>>>Would the fact that I'm trying to install on FC4T3 be a problem since the
>>>rpms are for FC3?
>>>
>>>Thanks, Tom
>>>      
>>>
>>Try extras development.
>>
>>Fc4T3 installed.
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>Installing:
>> bittorrent              noarch     4.1.1-2.fc5      extras-development
>>286 k
>>
>>Transaction Summary
>>===========================================================================
>>== Install      1 Package(s)
>>Update       0 Package(s)
>>Remove       0 Package(s)
>>Total download size: 286 k
>>Is this ok [y/N]: y
>>Downloading Packages:
>>(1/1): bittorrent-4.1.1-2 100% |=========================| 286 kB    00:01
>>Running Transaction Test
>>warning: bittorrent-4.1.1-2.fc5: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
>>1ac70ce6Finished Transaction Test
>>Transaction Test Succeeded
>>Running Transaction
>>  Installing: bittorrent                   ######################### [1/1]
>>
>>Installed: bittorrent.noarch 0:4.1.1-2.fc5
>>Complete!
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>
>
>Hi Jim-
>What mirror were you using for extras-dev?  I keep getting errors (more than 
>50, mostly about bad tags and parser errors)
>
>[extras-development]
>name=Fedora Extras $releasever - Development Tree
>#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/development/$basearch/
>mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-extras-devel
>enabled=1
>gpgkey=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras
>gpgcheck=0
>
>
>[root at linux2 bittorrent-FC3]# yum install bittorent
>Setting up Install Process
>Setting up repositories
>development               100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>extras-development                                              8.2 kB 00:00
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:37: parser error : Opening and 
>ending tag mismatch: LINK line 18 and head
></head>
>       ^
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:44: parser error : AttValue: " 
>or ' expected
>                align=left alt="[GDSLOGO]"
>                      ^
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:44: parser error : attributes 
>construct error
>                align=left alt="[GDSLOGO]"
>                      ^
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:44: parser error : Couldn't find 
>end of Start Tag img line 43
>                align=left alt="[GDSLOGO]"
>
>  
>
>>>>>>snip <<<<<
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:113: parser error : Opening and 
>ending tag mismatch: img line 112 and td
>        width="100%" height="1" border="0"></td></tr>
>                                                ^
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:113: parser error : Opening and 
>ending tag mismatch: td line 111 and tr
>        width="100%" height="1" border="0"></td></tr>
>                                                     ^
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:116: parser error : Opening and 
>ending tag mismatch: img line 115 and td
>        alt="---" width="100%" height="1" border="0"></td></tr>
>                                                          ^
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:116: parser error : Opening and 
>ending tag mismatch: td line 114 and tr
>        alt="---" width="100%" height="1" border="0"></td></tr>
>                                                               ^
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:118: parser error : Opening and 
>ending tag mismatch: tr line 114 and table
></table>
>        ^
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:122: parser error : Entity 
>'nbsp' not defined
>  
>      ^
>//var/cache/yum/extras-development/repomd.xml:122: parser error : Entity 
>'nbsp' not defined
>
>  
>
>>>>>>snip <<<<<
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>
>Thanks, Tom
>  
>
>>--
>>It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon.  Which
>>raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not
>>to. -- Franklin P. Jones
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
With development version of yum, I am using whatever comes with FC4T3 to 
get mirror listings. I believe the lists are random or based on the 
originating IP addresses geographic location. The only configuration 
that I did was to get the media related repos and it was added in the 
/etc/yum.repos.d directory. Extras should have been added automatically. 
The repos are seperate files, but will chain with the repos.d being cat 
outputs. I am straight development right now, but plan to download FC4 
for several machine installs after reports here are observed.

Jim

cat yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
(END)

The directories under /etc/yum.repos.d cat out as below.
cat f*
[development]
#These packages are untested and still under development. This
#repository is used for updates to test releases
#This repository can see significant daily turn over and can see major
#functionality changes which cause unexpected problems with other
#development packages. Please use these packages if you want to work
#with the fedora Developers by testing these new development packages.
#
#fedora-test-list mailinglist is available as a discussion forum for
#testing and troubleshooting for development packages.
#
#Reportable issues should be filed at bugzilla.redhat.com
#Product: Fedora Core
#Version: devel
name=Fedora Core $releasever - Development Tree
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-rawhide
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
[extras-development]
name=Fedora Extras $releasever - Development Tree
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/development/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-extras-devel
enabled=1
gpgkey=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/RPM-GPG-KEY-Fedora-Extras
gpgcheck=0
[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
[updates-testing]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Test Updates
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-testing-fc$releasever
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

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