Please try FrostWire Installer (DEB)

[gubatron]

FrostWire is an opensource version of the P2P Gnutella Client LimeWire.
It has no adware, spyware, viruses, or advertisement of any kind, but it
uses the core components of LimeWire.

We have this .deb installer which we'd like to have volunteers test to give us feedback.

It's currently been tested in Ubuntu 5.1 (Breezy Badger).

The only requirement you need to execute frostwire is to have a Java Virtual Machine,
preferably Sun's JRE which you can find at http://www.java.com

You can download our .deb FrostWire installer here:
http://72.36.161.90/~skyper/test/FrostWire-4.9.34-0.i586.deb

Please tell us how it went in this thread.


For more information on how you can help the FrostWire project go to
http://www.frostwire.com
:KS

[Greyfoxwolf]

works as it should (so far), nice, clean and functional. just as it should be. nice work tnx!

[rwabel]

works fine. nice UI!

[cbudden]

Nice, no asking me to upgrade to a pro version!

[Jenda]

Oh no! the link is broken! I want FrostWire!!!
Keep it up lads. I would love to get the REAL GOOD client on this one..

[fourchannel]

don't forget now, limewire is also opensource, and virus/adware free. limewire.org

[The Hedgehog]

Frostwire is better than limewire(at least under Windows, haven't tried it under Ubuntu).
Now where can I find a new link for the .deb package(or is it possible to use the .RPM)

[cbudden]

I used the RPM fine.

[The Hedgehog]

I used the RPM fine.
And how do you do that?

[Jenda]

Yes, could someone paste a short how-to for getting this to run under Ubuntu?

[BLTicklemonster]

sudo apt-get update


sudo apt-get install alien


sudo alien -i FrostWire-4.9.37-0.i586.rpm

IF that is the version you have of Frostwire. otherwise,


sudo alien -i (then go to the download folder, rt click on the frostwire file, go to rename, copy the entire name and .rpm then past here)

Without the parenthesis, of course, but you knew that.

Find it in Applications>Internet>Frostwire

Just did it. Works for meh. Lmao, and it picks up where limewire left off. There's my Louis Armstrong downloads looking for new sources!!! .. I mean... um... nm, pay no attention to the monster behind the firewall!!!


(I got the know how to install using alien from here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=564449#post564449 )

[Jenda]

Thanks! Seems to work perfectly...
But a sudo apt-get install frostwire would be nicer...

[~LoKe]

For some reason it's telling me it can't find the RPM...

Screenshots attached below.

[Jenda]

Loke: the easiest way to do that is to find the file in Nautilus and rename it to FrostWire.rpm - then it'll work. Watch the capitalisation.

[~LoKe]

That's exactly what I did, heh. Stupid me, though. I'm such a newb I forgot to cd /tmp/ ~_~!

[XtremeGamer99]

Neat. Thanks...

[Thecoolguru]

I can't find the RPM... like, there simply isn't an RPM there.

[Oldsoldier2003]

Closed for necromancy. Lets not revive these ancient threads.