How To Get On Kazaa, Ares, Gift and Gnutella in one program

[Johnsie]

2008 UPDATE---

Hi folks, I originally started this thread in 2006. Sadly the method shown below wont work anymore. As far as I know the Apollon and Gift projects have been discontinued. I recommend that you try Frostwire instead or use more legit ways of getting free music. There's plenty of great unsigned artists out there just waiting to be discovered and many of them have free music. Don't limit yourself to the music the greedy industry has forced on us. Videos and apps can be found too
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I'm using apollon with Ares, Gift, Kazzaa(Fasttrack) and Gnutella all at the same time. It takes a bit of configuration but I think it's worth it. Here's how I do it:


1. In the terminal type:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

2. Add the following to the bottom of the document in gedit:

deb http://apt.cerkinfo.be/ unstable main contrib
deb-src http://apt.cerkinfo.be/ unstable main contrib

3. Save the file

4. In the terminal type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gift libares-gift libfasttrack-gift apollon

5. The following instructions must be carried out by each individual user. In the termnial type:

gift-setup

You'll get asked a bunch of questions:

***THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IN THIS BIT IS TO MAKE SURE YOU TYPE IN THE FOUR NETWORKS WHEN IT ASKS YOU WHICH PLUGINS TO USE****

Ares:Gnutella:FastTrack:OpenFT

Remember that it's case sensitive you you have to have your capital letters in the right places.

In this setup prgram you might also want to change the folder your completed downloads go into. By default the files go into a hidden folder which is not to everyone's taste. So make sure you change that when you're asked where you wanted completed files to go.


After that you can just keep hitting return and then run apollon from the terminal by typing:

apollon

(if apollon fails to connect the first time close it, type giftd in the terminal and try opening it again. You will only ever have to do that once)

Yes, it may take a few minutes to set up but in the long run it's definitely worth it because you have access to all the major filesharing networks and a pretty decent gui.

A note about ares: For some reason it doesn't give me the right information about ares. It says there are only 2 people connected to the ares network. That doesn't mean you are not connected properly to ares. Ares files will still come up when you do a search. I think it's just that the counter doesn't work and that's not a serious problem.

Disclaimer: Please only use the info in this howto to download legal files. I accept no responsibility for anything you use this howto for.

[newlinux]

This worked well for me. Lots of questions asked during setup, but I was able to connect to all 4 networks. I'll try Apollon out. Thank you!

[Johnsie]

You're welcome... This is my first howto so I'm glad it worked

[phizz]

lots of questions. I got on there with all 4 nets working fine. it all seems to be porn and seinfeild. who knew.

[papangul]

Thanks,this how-to deserves to be on ubuntuguide.org.

I'm getting the following error on running apt-get update:

W: GPG error: http://apt.cerkinfo.be unstable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A35A4E6EF00175CA

Edit: The above message seems to be just a warning not a showstopper.

[greenbmw530i]

I set it up correctly and forwarded all needed ports, but for some reason, Apollon only connects to the Gnutella, OpenFT, and FastTrack networks -- where did I go wrong with the Ares network?

Edit: disregard the above -- it just takes a little while for some of the networks to connect. For me, Gnutella and FastTrack connected first. Ten minutes after that, OpenFT connected, and about 5 minutes after that, Ares connected. So, to anybody who thinks the networks aren't connecting: be patient!

[newlinux]

I set it up correctly and forwarded all needed ports, but for some reason, Apollon only connects to the Gnutella, OpenFT, and FastTrack networks -- where did I go wrong with the Ares network?

Edit: disregard the above -- it just takes a little while for some of the networks to connect. For me, Gnutella and FastTrack connected first. Ten minutes after that, OpenFT connected, and about 5 minutes after that, Ares connected. So, to anybody who thinks the networks aren't connecting: be patient!

I get the same issues. sometimes some of networks take quite a while to connect. But everything works well with patience.

[daedalusman]

Nice guide, I'm using giftui under gnome and it's working great. I've been wanting a program like this for a while now. Thanks for posting this howto.

[Kimm]

I cant get this to work... could someone post their config file?

[Lucidio]

Where can i see some screenshots for apollon?
How it work?