Torrent Swapper Install how-to.

[turbojugend_gr]

If you were always wishing for a proper torrent client for your ubuntu installation, finally there is one! Which one? -> Torrent Swapper, the social bittorent client. Here are some links for you to check it out. Hopefully it will enter the Repos.

Home
wikipedia topic
and also check out a wikipedia comparison of almost all clients

OK if you think now it worths the trouble let's go on. I believe the documentation sucks, and since there is no deb out there, here is a walk through.


1. Download the tarball from the official site.

2. Extract it where it suits you. (I prefer a ~/Apps/Swapper location)

3. Open up Synaptic and install the following packages:
-openssl
-swig
-python
-python 2.4
-python-wxversion
-python-wxgtk2.6
-libwxgtk2.6-0
-libwxbase2.6-0
-python-m2crypto

4. After you have successfully installed all the dependancies above, navigate into the folder you have previously created, containing the Torrent Swapper untared files. There find the file abc.py click properties and make it executable (as program).

5. In a terminal navigate to the above folder and type "./abc.py". ENJOY !

6. (OPTIONAL): If you wish to create a script to simply start Swapper with one command in a terminal type "sudo gedit /usr/bin/torrentswapper" there copy/paste the following:

#!/bin/bash

cd PATH_TO_THE FOLDER_CONTAINING_TORRENT_SWAPPER && ./abc.py

Of course put the appropriate path there, save and exit *(don't forget to make /usr/bin/torrentswapper executable too)*. Now every terminal, or launcher given "torrentswapper" starts this amazing application.

I hope it helps somebody.

P.S.: Notice I am far from being called an expert, but I will try to help as much as possible with questions regarding the installation progress.

[turbojugend_gr]

OK 12 people at least have seen this thread, I hope it worked for you , but plz post if it did, so I know if it is working, as I only done this in two edgy machines. Thank you in advance.

[viciouslime]

This is an excellent torrent client, thanks! I've been looking for a replacement for μtorrent for aaaaages now and I think this might just be it. Thanks again

[~LoKe]

Works fine for me in Edgy. I'll try it out for a few days.

EDIT: The tray icon is much too large.

[turbojugend_gr]

Works fine for me in Edgy. I'll try it out for a few days.

EDIT: The tray icon is much too large.

yup, the tray icon is streched, I can't tell why... I just came to only use this when minimized... I hope someone finds a workaround for this, I can't... Glad it worked for you tough!

[Jsmith]

Since I booted M$ XP out the door, I've been looking for a Azureus replacement (being it's buggy to me in edgy)

Torrent Swapper isn't as customizable as Azureus, but it's clean and stable

[bruenig]

No RSS integration and broadcatching? That is all that is needed for utorrent to be trashed.

[redman5087]

I get the following error on ubuntu dapper

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./abc.py", line 23, in ?
from interconn import ServerListener, ClientPassParam
File "/home/redman/swapper/interconn.py", line 5, in ?
from Utility.helpers import getSocket
File "/home/redman/swapper/Utility/helpers.py", line 15, in ?
from BitTornado.download_bt1 import defaults as BTDefaults
File "/home/redman/swapper/BitTornado/download_bt1.py", line 7, in ?
from BT1.Choker import Choker
File "/home/redman/swapper/BitTornado/BT1/Choker.py", line 7, in ?
from Swapper.toofastbt.Logger import get_logger
File "/home/redman/swapper/Swapper/__init__.py", line 22, in ?
import Overlay.permid as permid
File "/home/redman/swapper/Swapper/Overlay/permid.py", line 10, in ?
from M2Crypto import Rand,EC,EVP
ImportError: cannot import name EC

[dannyboy79]

bittornado is the bomb!

[turbojugend_gr]

I get the following error on ubuntu dapper

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./abc.py", line 23, in ?
from interconn import ServerListener, ClientPassParam
File "/home/redman/swapper/interconn.py", line 5, in ?
from Utility.helpers import getSocket
File "/home/redman/swapper/Utility/helpers.py", line 15, in ?
from BitTornado.download_bt1 import defaults as BTDefaults
File "/home/redman/swapper/BitTornado/download_bt1.py", line 7, in ?
from BT1.Choker import Choker
File "/home/redman/swapper/BitTornado/BT1/Choker.py", line 7, in ?
from Swapper.toofastbt.Logger import get_logger
File "/home/redman/swapper/Swapper/__init__.py", line 22, in ?
import Overlay.permid as permid
File "/home/redman/swapper/Swapper/Overlay/permid.py", line 10, in ?
from M2Crypto import Rand,EC,EVP
ImportError: cannot import name EC

Are you sure you have installed all the dependencies?
IF you are sure you haven't missed any from the dependencies in my first post, try a dist upgrade. If both fail to solve this issue, plz copy-paste again the errors you get, starting from the line you issued the command not from the line the errors start. I hope we 'll get this solved.