Installing mldonkey from Synaptic does not fully install

[ulrich steffens]

Am Donnerstag, den 02.02.2006, 11:35 +0900 schrieb 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
> 

dave,
curious about your problem i just fiddled with mldonkey on ubuntu (cause
i use mldonkey on debian sarge) i think there is a bug the ubuntu
package. for instance if you create .mldonkey in your homedir, the core
will then create another hidden directory in this folder.
thats odd, cause i thought that the debian package wouldnt differ at all
from the ubuntu package. i just tested this on DAPPER, so i'm not 100%
certain if this is also true for beezy! anyway, just open a terminal and

sudo apt-get remove --purge mldonkey-server
	(removes mldonkey completely)

sudo apt-get install mldonkey-server
	(installs it again)

mkdir /home/dave/.mldonkey
	(create the directory it complains about)

mldonkey_server
	(mldonkey should now start, to test it, open a browser and got
	to http://127.0.0.1:4080 , to kill the core, just press Crtl + C
	in the terminal)

ln -s /home/dave/.mldonkey/.mldonkey /home/dave/mldonkey
	(this creates a link in your homedir to access the hidden folder
	that contains the torrentsdir.)

after that, head over to http://launchpad.net and report a bug :)

to change the behaviour of automatically starting mldonkey or not:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure mldonkey-server


regards
 ulrich