danattwood wrote: > Rowan Berkeley wrote: > >> You may recall I mentioned a version of the file-sharing client, >> Soulseek, for Linux a few weeks ago, called Nicotine. I've got the >> unpacked folder sitting on my desktop right now, but simply clicking >> the .exe file within, marked 'Nicotine', doesn't bring up a functional >> user interface, just one which is mainly blank field. Elsewhere in the >> folder is an INSTALL instruction, as follows: >> >> "Linux/Unix installation instructions follow. To install Nicotine, from >> the source tree run: >> python setup.py install --prefix=<dir> >> If you omit --prefix Nicotine will be installed into the python system >> directory (typically /usr) This is not recommended however, as there is >> no way to uninstall things easily this way. The recommended way of >> running Nicotine is from the source tree, which might seem strange, but >> is no problem at all, especially if you are the only user of the system >> that is interested in running Nicotine. From the source tree run: >> python ./nicotine" >> >> The folder is right now located on my desktop, and I would like to have >> it where all my other applications are, but launchable from the desktop >> panel via an icon. Please tell me what exactly to put into the terminal. >> Should I change "<dir>" to "/etc", which I think is the normal place for >> applications, or something like that? >> >> >> >> >> > you could try the deb file from; > > http://linuxappfinder.com/package/nicotine > > Dan > > Nicotine is in the Universal Repositories. Dont know if you have seen that or its update version, but its there. Just found it.
Hope that helps. John. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
