--- Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 11 April 2005 20:18, Vinicius wrote: > >Paul Howarth escreveu: > >> On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 14:14 -0400, Gene Heskett > wrote: > >>>And I just went after the latest BitTorrent > 4.0.something and > >>>installed that. Digging thru the docs, the first > thing I need to > >>> do is start a 'tracker', but that fails with an > error message > >>> that I don't quite grok: > >>>[root@gene /]# bttrack.py --port 6969 --dfile > dstate > >>>Traceback (innermost last): > >>> File "/usr/bin/bttrack.py", line 16, in ? > >>> from BitTorrent.track import track > >>>ImportError: No module named BitTorrent.track > >>> > >>>Now what? There isn't any such module in the > >>>python-2.3/site-packages/BittTorrent subdir, and > no such file > >>> exists in the archive either. > >> > >> That's strange because I've got one: > >> > >> $ rpm -qf > /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/BitTorrent/track.py > >> BitTorrent-4.0.1-1.fc3 > >> > >> RPM from > http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/bittorrent/ > >> > >> Paul. > > It appears I do too, using that test: > [root@gene /]# rpm -qf > /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/BitTorrent/track.py > BitTorrent-4.0.1-1 > > Is there some env var I have to set to make sure it > looks in the python-2.3 > subdir instead of python-2.2, python-2.1, or even > python-1.5. All 5 are > present on that RH7.3 system. > > I just did an strace on the bttrack.py, and its > looking in the python-1.5 > tree, failing that and giving up. > > In the FWIW category, in the above path for > /usr/lib/python-2.3/site-packages, > BitTorrent is the only package installed there. > > Call me puzzled. That system was maintained by > up2date until the service > was discontinued. From the clues, it would seem > that I need to go get > python-2.3 and install it. > > But the local copy of yum cannot find any python. > Can you suggest a repo > path to add to yum.conf for an old RH7.3 system? > > > >Well, I think if you want to serve files then you > need a tracker, so > > you should to open the port 6969 on the iptables > and on the modem. > > Otherwise, if you want to share with others a file > you're > > downloading by BT from someone, then you should > open the port's > > range 6881 to 6999 (or less) on the iptables and > on the modem. > > > >IHTH again, > >Vinicius. > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of > liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > 99.34% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV > hillbilly > Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, > additions to the above > message by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights > reserved. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Dump it and get Azureus! Powerful GUI and a hell of a lot easier than fiddling with command line rubbish. Regards..................KEv :) Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
