Installing mldonkey from Synaptic does not fully install

[Dave M G]

Ubuntu users,

I've installed and re-installed mldonkey from Synaptic, and there are a 
few issues:

1. It is not set up to start at system start up. I have to manually 
start it by going to /usr/bin and starting mldonkey_server.

2. It does not place an ./mldonkey folder in my home directory, which 
means it does not see any bittorrents downloaded there.

Am I missing something in the set up or configuration?

How do I get mldonkey to install with the above features in place?

--
Dave M G