Help with this Xubuntu based distro: Voyager 12.10

[Buntu Bunny]

UltimateCat, I don't know if either of these links would help. I'm following your progress and researching as well, because this will be a learning curve for me too.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/25961/how-to-install-a-tar-gz-or-tar-bz2-file
http://www.techsupportforum.com/foru...tu-254092.html

Thanks for keeping us updated.

[UltimateCat]

Slickymaster:
That was a good webpage; thank you. This is what I gathered from it and interpreted what I should do-
(Installing with the terminal has always been hard for me; generally I avoid it!)

I hope these step's work: And that I have right-
Worse case the terminal will give me a warning or an error I could learn from-

1. Open the terminal and run

tar -zxvf qbittorrent-3.0.9.tar.gz

2. cd Downloads (that's were the new version of qbittorrent 3.0.9 is)

3.Than run

./configure

4. Than make, sudo su, and make install? ? All together or one at a time?

I found the Install file-

1) Compile and install qBittorrent with Qt4 Graphical Interface

  $ ./configure
  $ make && make install
  $ qbittorrent

  will install and execute qBittorrent hopefully without any problems.

  Dependencies:
    - Qt >= 4.6.0 (libqtgui, libqtcore, libqtnetwork, libqtxml, libqtdbus/optional)

    - pkg-config executable

    - libtorrent-rasterbar by Arvid Norberg (>= 0.15.0)
        -> http://www.libtorrent.net
        Be careful: another library (the one used by rTorrent) uses a similar name.

    - libboost 1.34.x (libboost-filesystem°) + libasio
      or
    - libboost >= 1.35.x (libboost-system, libboost-filesystem°)
      
    °libboost-filesystem is not needed if libtorrent-rasterbar >= v0.16.x is used

    - python >= 2.3 (needed by search engine)
        * Run time only dependency

    - geoip-database (optional)
        * If qBittorrent cannot find this database, it will try to resolve countries using the Internet but it will be a lot slower.
        * Run time only dependency

2) Compile and install qBittorrent without Qt4 Graphical interface

  $ ./configure --disable-gui
  $ make && make install
  $ qbittorrent

  will install and execute qBittorrent hopefully without any problems.

  Dependencies:
    - Qt >= 4.4.0 (libqt-devel, libqtcore, libqtnetwork)

    - pkg-config executable

    - libtorrent-rasterbar by Arvid Norberg (>= v0.15.0)
        -> http://www.libtorrent.net
        Be careful: another library (the one used by rTorrent) uses a similar name.

    - libboost: libboost-filesystem, libboost-date-time, libboost-thread, libboost-serialization


DOCUMENTATION:
Please note that there is a documentation with a "compiling howto" at http://wiki.qbittorrent.org.

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This install file is explainatory but very confusing as I have never performed this task before-
I'll see if going to the qbittorrent wiki page helps.

I usually only have to pratice a task once and than I've got it; this is really challenging me.

[UltimateCat]

UltimateCat, I don't know if either of these links would help. I'm following your progress and researching as well, because this will be a learning curve for me too.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/25961/how-to-install-a-tar-gz-or-tar-bz2-file
http://www.techsupportforum.com/foru...tu-254092.html

Thanks for keeping us updated.

Your are Welcome Buntu Bunny!

Determined to get this new version of qbittorent installed and the new Voyager up and running!

[drawkcab]

I was initially impressed with voyager but it became old very quickly.

[slickymaster]

4. Than make, sudo su, and make install? ? All together or one at a time?

Issue those commands one at a time.

[mips]

Stop making your life so difficult by trying to compile qbittorrent. Install Transmission and use that, it works as I've tested it with that voyager torrent.

[slickymaster]

Stop making your live so difficult by trying to compile qbittorrent. Install Transmission and use that, it works as I've tested it with that voyager torrent.

@UltimateCat
That's the best advise.

[Buntu Bunny]

That's the best advise.

I'm glad to know this too. Transmission is what I already have installed so I'll give it a go. I used it once, for my Xubuntu 12.04 download, but ended up going with the direct download anyway because the torrent file didn't have the option to try before installing. (More timidness on my part.)

[slickymaster]

...More timidness on my part.

I think that's more of a wise approach than timidness.

[UltimateCat]

Thank you! Slickymaster for teaching me how to do that.
I needed that confirmation: one at a time--

In the future I will be able to practice this if I need to.