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with CVS
This procedure describes how I set up the core on my debian woody server. I hope it will be of use for you as well. Please correct mistakes! :)
On the remote machine:
Add a system user to run the binary
as root:
adduser mlnet
login as that user
su - mlnet
on the same machine you ran adduser from or "ssh remote-host -lmlnet" from another computer
compile the source
cvs "method":
export CVS_RSH="ssh"
cvs checkout:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sv.gnu.org:/sources/mldonkey co -P mldonkey
also see HowToUseCvs and [savannah]
configure will now automatically download ocaml and compile it of course you can also install the debian packages for ocaml.
see what ./configure offers to you:
./configure --help (pay attention to the --enable-XXX and --disable-XXX parts)
I chose support for bittorrent only, and no support for gui:
./configure --enable-batch --disable-multinet --disable-donkey --enable-bittorrent
now we can compile:
make
starting the core
I chose to move the created binary "mlnet" to this user's home directory:
mv mlnet ../mlnet && cd
now we start the core.
./mlnet > /dev/null 2>&1 &
notice that it detaches itself from the console
configuring the core for remote access
Find out from which machines you want to be able to connect to the core and get their IPs. open a telnet session to the core:
telnet localhost 4000 (remember we are still on the remote machine)
for security reason I advise to assign a password to the default mldonkey user (which is "admin"):
useradd admin <new pass> (this will assign a password to the default mldonkey user)
then I like to add the user "mlnet" and give it a password as well
useradd mlnet <another password> (from here on I always use the "mlnet" user...)
IIRC we need to authenticate now before we can go on:
auth mlnet <pass> (where "<pass>" is the password chosen above)
now we can add the IPs (we are almost done!):
set allowed_ips "127.0.0.1 nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn-mmm.mmm.mmm.mmm" where "nnn..." and "mmm..." is a IP-range or a single IP.
close the telnet session and logout from the machine:
qto close the telnet session,logoutfor logging out (repeat until completely logged out from the remote computer)
and done! :-)
From now on we can access the core from any computer which IP we added to the list of "allowed_ips" to configure it further. If the machine is behind a firewall/router, remember to forward port 4001 (default GUI port) to the machine to be able to use a GUI, such as Sancho.
Also read about StartingSysVStyle from /etc/init.d.
NOTE: There are precompiled packages one could use..
without CVS
An installation for a remote use with a external gui like Sancho or G2gui
enter to the remote machine
ssh -l root <ip>
Add a system user to run mlnet
adduser --disabled-password mldonkey
Dowlaod and Compile the source
download the tarball (I had to do this for 2.7.7):
cd /home/mldonkey; wget http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mldonkey/mldonkey-2.7.7.tar.bz2
exracting from the compressed file
tar -xvjf mldonkey-2.7.7.tar.bz2
necessary files
apt-get install netcat ocaml zlib1g
enter the new directory and compiling
cd mldonkey-2.7.7./configuremake
mlnet daemon
download the updated version of the MLDonkey script(i hope..)
wget http://www.lsi.usp.br/~dulley/mldonkey/MLDonkey
(you can find here the updated script http://mldonkey.berlios.de/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3836 )
move the script and configuring it
mv MLDonkey /etc/init.d/MLDonkeypico /etc/init.d/MLDonkey
now, change the user and the path; you have to see ...:
MLDONKEYDIR=/full/path/to/mldonkey/directory/ <---here /home/mldonkey/mldonkey-2.7.7
USERNAME=username <---here mldonkey
(Ctrl + O to save) (Ctrl + X to exit)
update-rc.d MLDonkey defaults
start and stop the core to create default config
sh /home/mldonkey/mldonkey-2.7.7/mlnet
and Ctrl + C to stop it
configuring the core for remote access
Find out from which machines you want to be able to connect to the core and get their IPs. configuring the ini
pico /home/mldonkey/.mldonkey/downloads.ini
change the allowed ips --> change the 127.0.0.1 to allowed ips (I use 192.168.2.255 to allow all my internal network)
Done =)
we have incoming on /home/mldonkey/.mldonkey/incomig and the mlnet on /home/mldonkey/mldonkey-2.7.7/mlnet
/etc/init.d/MLDonkey start/stop/restart and autostart when system init.
with the Debian "unstable" package
This method is to compile and install the mldonkey Debian package from the "unstable" version to a Debian "stable" version installation.
Configure the system
Login as root and edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list to add this line:
deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian unstable main
then update archives lists doing this command:
# apt-get update
once updated, you can install the required dependecies:
# apt-get install autoconf docbook-xsl fakeroot g++ libgd2-noxpm-dev liblablgtk2-ocaml-gnome-dev libmagic-dev
Compile the source
Login as normal user and download the MLDonkey source package:
$ apt-get source mldonkey
then compile the package (please to change 2.9.3 in the version actually downloaded):
$ (cd mldonkey-2.9.3 && dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot -d)
Install the packages
Login as root and install the new MLDonkey packages (please to change 2.9.3-1 in the version actually downloaded):
# dpkg -i mldonkey-server_2.9.3-1_i386.deb mldonkey-gui_2.9.3-1_i386.deb
then remove unused packages:
# apt-get remove --purge autoconf docbook-xsl fakeroot g++ libgd2-noxpm-dev liblablgtk2-ocaml-gnome-dev libmagic-dev