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installing limewire

Asked by Chou

limewire is available for linux. however, the download is for an RPM file, which i understand is a Red Hat archive. how do i install this? they also have one as a standard ZIP file

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#1

Have you thought about using Frostwire, which is a GPLed clone of Limewire? There is a deb file available on the site, which makes it super easy to install. Download the file, double click on it, then choose install.

You also might be interested in checking out Automatix which will install Frostwire and a nice selection of other software/codecs/etc.

http://www.getautomatix.com/

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#2

Sorry I forgot to post the link for Frostwire

http://www.frostwire.com/

Ubuntu/Debian link on the front page.

Enjoy

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Alexandre Vassalotti (avassalotti) said : 		#3

I suggest that you use gtk-gnutella, which allows you to share files on the limewire, morpheus and a few other networks.

You can install it using:
$ sudo aptitude install gtk-gnutella

You will need to have the Universe repository enabled.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

If you want Frostwire, you could follow these instructions (I did tested them):
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FrostWire

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Ubuntu User (anotherubuntuuser) said : 		#4

Chou-

You can also install the alien package which allows you to convert other packages (such as RedHat, SuSE, and Slackware) into debian/Ubuntu .deb packages.

1. Open a terminal (Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal)

2. Type: sudo apt-get install alien

3. Once alien is installed, use it to convert an rpm package by typing: alien --to-deb package.rpm

4. Then install the new package.deb program by typing:
sudo dpkg -i package.deb

That should do it.

If these comments answered your question, please close this support request as answered.

Thanks

Jim Jones

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Chou (superfreak-31) said : 		#5

thanks, ill try that

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Ricky (ricky-kohli) said : 		#6

Hi,
  I'm using Ubuntu 6.06 (my first day today ;) and I tried to install alien. This is what I get

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package alien

Please let me know what do right to get it to work.

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#7

Ricky,
Would you please consider opening your own support request as it gets very confusing having more then one problem per support request. You can easily follow the link below and start your own personal support request.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addticket

Best Regards,

Williamts99