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diff --git a/extra/bittorrent/README b/extra/bittorrent/README deleted file mode 100644 index 551ba866..00000000 --- a/extra/bittorrent/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ - -Here's a BitTorrent package for Slackware. - -Note that we don't ship either wxGTK or wxPython, which are needed for the -bittorrent-console script. I built and installed these, and couldn't justify -the huge size (and assorted build problems) in order to enable an ugly little -dialog box. But feel free to grab those sources and knock yourself out! - -I've included a simple script and mailcap entry to allow using the curses -based downloader instead, which will work just the same as the GUI version -but with a lot less library overhead required. For Mozilla, Netscape, and -other browsers that read /etc/mailcap, once you've installed this package -BitTorrent should work right out of the box. If your browser doesn't use -/etc/mailcap, you can set it up to use /usr/bin/bittorrent-xterm as the -helper application for the MIME type application/x-bittorrent. - -If you're a command-line user, you may also consider using bittorrent-curses -manually. Here's how: - -1. Download the .torrent file into your download directory. - -2. At the command line, use the curses version of BitTorrent to download: - bittorrent-curses some-big-file.torrent - -This should start the download and bring up a status screen where you can -monitor the download (and upload) progress. - -Have fun! - -- P. - |