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[edit] 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:

[edit] Add a system user to run the binary

as root: 

adduser mlnet

[edit] login as that user

su - mlnet

on the same machine you ran adduser from or "ssh remote-host -lmlnet" from another computer

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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: 

q to close the telnet session, logout for logging out (repeat until completely logged out from the remote computer)

[edit] 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..


[edit] without CVS

An installation for a remote use with a external gui like Sancho or G2gui

[edit] enter to the remote machine

ssh -l root <ip>

[edit] Add a system user to run mlnet

adduser --disabled-password mldonkey

[edit] 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
./configure
make

[edit] 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/MLDonkey
pico /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

[edit] start and stop the core to create default config

sh /home/mldonkey/mldonkey-2.7.7/mlnet

and Ctrl + C to stop it

[edit] 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)


[edit] 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.


[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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
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