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I've slowly been learning the ins and outs of linux but obviously not well enough. I decided to attempt to install bittorrent on my debian machine and while the package ...
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    Just Joined! ArielZusya's Avatar
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    bittorrent headache for this noob

    I've slowly been learning the ins and outs of linux but obviously not well enough. I decided to attempt to install bittorrent on my debian machine and while the package seemed to install without a hitch, I can't seem to figure out how to use it. Here's what I did:

    I used Synaptic Package Manager to install Bittorrent and Bittorrent-gui. The versions that it installed are a bit out of date but nonetheless they should have worked right? The install goes off without a hitch... no error messages. Trouble is, after the install I can't seem to use them (ie I have no idea how to use them). It's not like I've never used bittorrent before... I've used it on an XP machine... its just that I don't know how to start the bt-gui on this machine. So... what am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for the help.

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    Linux Guru Juan Pablo's Avatar
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    You sould figure the name of the binary if no shortcuts were made.
    *go to the packages you downloaded and installed in synaptic
    *Right click and the properties
    *Click on a tab with something like "files installed" or just go through all the tabs until you find a list
    *Search for a line beginning with /usr/bin
    *Now copy that line and paste it in a terminal (konsole, gnome-terminal ...)
    *The programs should be launched

    If you find multiple file beginning with /usr/bin, run them all until you get something!
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