From 1b8076db3d1aecaf57e4297ec0ca7f9b2b286075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zach Tibbitts Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:11:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] readme --- INSTALL | 13 ------------- README | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 INSTALL diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL deleted file mode 100644 index ec010ce63..000000000 --- a/INSTALL +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -============ -Installation -============ - -Basically you should just run - -python setup.py install - - - -Notes: - -1) On some distributions, boost libraries are renamed to have "-mt" at the end (boost_thread_mt instead of boost_thread, for example), the "mt" indicating "multithreaded". In some cases it appears the distros lack symlinks to connect things. The solution is to either add symlinks from the short names to those with "-mt", or to alter setup.py to look for the "-mt" versions. diff --git a/README b/README index e69de29bb..2319ae9c8 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +Deluge BitTorrent Client + +Authors: + Zach Tibbitts, aka zachtib + Alon Zakai, aka kripkenstein + +Homepage: http://deluge-torrent.org + +========================== +Installation Instructions: +========================== + +First, make sure you have the proper bulid +dependencies installed. On a normal Debian +or Ubuntu system, those dependencies are: + +python-all-dev +python-all +python-support +libboost-dev +libboost-thread-dev +libboost-date-time-dev +libboost-filesystem-dev +libboost-serialization-dev +libboost-program-options-dev +libboost-regex-dev +zlib1g-dev + +But the names of the packages may vary +depending on your OS / distro. + +Once you have the needed libraries installed, +build Deluge by running: + + python setup.py build + +You shouldn't get any errors. Then run, as +root (or by using sudo): + + python setup.py install + +and Deluge will be installed. + +You can then run Deluge by executing: + + deluge + +Notes: + +1) On some distributions, boost libraries are + renamed to have "-mt" at the end (boost_thread_mt + instead of boost_thread, for example), the "mt" + indicating "multithreaded". In some cases it + appears the distros lack symlinks to connect + things. The solution is to either add symlinks + from the short names to those with "-mt", or to + alter setup.py to look for the "-mt" versions.