how to compile qbittorrent from scratch!

[the-new-x]

Hello everyone, I have another question, I am still a super noob in Linux, as embarrassing as this is, but i need to know how to compile a program in Ubuntu 11.04, qbittorrent to be more exact (http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/download.php), but just tell me the way in general and I will figure it out (I hope!).

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks for your time!

[haqking]

Hello everyone, I have another question, I am still a super noob in Linux, as embarrassing as this is, but i need to know how to compile a program in Ubuntu 11.04, qbittorrent to be more exact (http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/download.php), but just tell me the way in general and I will figure it out (I hope!).

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks for your time!

choose binary and then your version and follow instructions given,

It will install using apt-get from command line

[TeoBigusGeekus]

Extract it somewhere, say your Desktop, navigate in the folder in which you extracted it via command line

cd ~/Desktop/whatever

and then

./configure

followed by

make

and

sudo make install

[Brushstroke]

Why would you need to compile that? It's available in the Natty repos. Save yourself the trouble and just install it through there.

[the-new-x]

Extract it somewhere, say your Desktop, navigate in the folder in which you extracted it via command line

cd ~/Desktop/whatever

and then

./configure

followed by

make

and

sudo make install

thanks for the fast reply!
But it is not working, after i write the cd ~/desktop/qbittorrent-2.8.5 command, an error occurs (tatah@Satellite-A505:~$ cd ~/desktop/qbittorrent-2.8.5
bash: cd: /home/tatah/desktop/qbittorrent-2.8.5: No such file or directory)
what can i do about that. And again, thank you!

[the-new-x]

Why would you need to compile that? It's available in the Natty repos. Save yourself the trouble and just install it through there.

Well, simply because a newer version is out (2.8.5 instead of the 2.6.9) and also because a lot of other programs are not found in the software center even after installing a hell lot of extra repositories, so I figured that I will need to know how to compile a program sooner or later, so why not start right now!

[Brushstroke]

Well, simply because a newer version is out (2.8.5 instead of the 2.6.9) and also because a lot of other programs are not found in the software center even after installing a hell lot of extra repositories, so I figured that I will need to know how to compile a program sooner or later, so why not start right now!

There's a PPA for it that'll give you the latest version. Well, it'll give you 2.8.4 but I wouldn't doubt the author of this PPA, who also is the creator of qBitTorrent, will upgrade the PPA soon. All I'm saying is that it would be a lot less of a hassle to use a PPA to get the latest (or near-latest) version than compiling from source. I only compile if I absolutely have to.

https://launchpad.net/~hydr0g3n/+archive/ppa

There's the PPA.

Just run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hydr0g3n/ppa
sudo apt-get update

And you'll have 2.8.4 in the repos instead of having to compile.

Or...if the reason you're doing this is to learn how to compile, be my guest! Go ahead!

[snip3r8]

Well, simply because a newer version is out (2.8.5 instead of the 2.6.9) and also because a lot of other programs are not found in the software center even after installing a hell lot of extra repositories, so I figured that I will need to know how to compile a program sooner or later, so why not start right now!

It is good to learn this, but when compiling you need to have all the right libraries installed,judging from the name of qbittorrent you may need the qt libraries.

[haqking]

There's a PPA for it that'll give you the latest version. Well, it'll give you 2.8.4 but I wouldn't doubt the author of this PPA, who also is the creator of qBitTorrent, will upgrade the PPA soon. All I'm saying is that it would be a lot less of a hassle to use a PPA to get the latest (or near-latest) version than compiling from source. I only compile if I absolutely have to.

https://launchpad.net/~hydr0g3n/+archive/ppa

There's the PPA.

Just run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hydr0g3n/ppa
sudo apt-get update

And you'll have 2.8.4 in the repos instead of having to compile.

Or...if the reason you're doing this is to learn how to compile, be my guest! Go ahead!

I said that in my first post.

but yeah if you want to learn to compile then no harm in it, common question on here so good time to learn.

[TeoBigusGeekus]

thanks for the fast reply!
But it is not working, after i write the cd ~/desktop/qbittorrent-2.8.5 command, an error occurs (tatah@Satellite-A505:~$ cd ~/desktop/qbittorrent-2.8.5
bash: cd: /home/tatah/desktop/qbittorrent-2.8.5: No such file or directory)
what can i do about that. And again, thank you!

It should be Desktop and not desktop: linux is case sensitive.