HowTo Compile In Slackware

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<h1>Installing [[aMule]] on [http://www.slackware.com Slackware]</h1>

<center><h2>by ''Mike (servnov)''</h2></center>
<center><h4>wisecrackin' added by DexterF</h4></center>

'''NOTE''': you will need super-user (usually ''root'') access to complete [[aMule]] install/uninstallation/update, further you should have at least checkinstall installed.

== Installation ==

=== Installing [[wxWidgets|wxGTK]] ===

:Download [[wxWidgets|wxGTK]] sources (.tar.gz packages) from
:www.wxwidgets.org, latest is 2.6.2 as of 21st of Dec 05

:''tar -xzvf wxGTK*''
:''cd wxGTK*''
:''./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-unicode''
:''make''

: After make finishes, it's about time to install the new files.
: ''Usually'' this is done by becomming root and invoking

: # make install

: ''But:'' even better, use checkinstall or read up on how to
: properly make Slackware packages on slackwiki.org.
: checkinstall and selfmade packages can be handled by slackware's package
: tools, which make upgrading and removing old cruft from previous
: installs a breeze.
: If the Slackwiki howto is a little too much for, stich to checkinstall for
: the moment: become root

: ''$ su -''

: then just call

: ''# checkinstall''

: Just answer the questions and you're done.

=== Installing [[wxBase]] (Optional) ===

:'''If you downloaded [[wxWidgets|wxGTK]] earlier than version 2.5 and you are planning to use [[aMule]] with command line interface (such as [[aMuleCMD]], [[aMuleWeb]], [[aMuled]], etc), then you you should install [[wxBase]]. In any other case, there's no need at all.'''

:Download [[wxBase]] sources (.tar.gz packages) from http://www.amule-project.net or http://www.amule.org and do the following:

:''tar -xzvf wxBase*''
:''cd wxBase*''
:''./configure''
:''make''
: #the following command '''must''' be run as super-user (usually ''root''):
:''make install''

=== Installing [[aMule]] ===

:Grab pre-built [http://www.slackware.com Slackware] package from [http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_view.php?by=name&name=amule&ver= linuxpackages.net].

:''installpkg aMule-2.0.0rc7-i686-1.tgz'' (or whatever the newest version is)

:That's all!

:Type ''amule'' in a shell to lauch or in [http://www.kde.org KDE] (similar in [http://www.gnome.org GNOME]) go to Kstart->Internet->aMule

== Updating ==

:The following command will remove the old [[aMule]] package and install the new version:

:''upgradepkg aMule-2.0.0rc7-i686-1.tgz''

=== Compiling aMule from src ===

: Sometimes you might feel an urge to go cvs or simply don't want
: to use prepackaged binaries because of paranoia, the packagers
: are dodos or whatever.

:Download a src tarball at amule.org.
:tar xzvf or tar xjvf the tarball.
:Enter the dir
: I use this configure call:
:./configure --enable-amule-daemon --enable-amulecmd \
:--enable-amulecmdgui --enable-webserver --enable-amule-gui \
:--enable-cas --enable-alcc --enable-kad-compile --prefix=/usr

:this will give you the core, the monolith, the webserver,
:the stats program, the link handler, and... about everything.

:after that, run ''make'' and in the lucky case it finishes without
:errors, follow installation instructions from wxGTK above.

== Uninstallation ==

:The following command will remove [[aMule]]:

:''removepkg aMule''

== Final note ==

You can even get [[wxBase]] and [[wxWidgets|wxGTK]] .tgz [http://www.slackware.com Slackware] packages and install them with 'installpkg'. Using the [http://www.slackware.com Slackware] package manager saves time during installation and makes upgrading easy.
You can also type 'pkgtool' as root and then search for the packages you have downloaded and install and/or remove packages.

Enjoy the hard work [[aMule]] [[AMule_devs|developers]] have done and continue to do!

Just remember you will need [[wxBase]] and [[wxWidgets|wxGTK]] installed even when using [http://www.slackware.com Slackware] package.

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Hope this helps.

Catch me on [[IRC]] at [irc://irc.freenode.net irc.freenode.com] channel [irc://irc.freenode.net/amule #amule] nick '''servnov'''.

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