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Scifience · May 31, 2003, 01:34 PM

Everybody said they wanted a step-by-step tutorial for setting up MLDonkey for use on Kazaa/FastTrack, so here it is:

http://www.scifience.net/mldonkey/

Enjoy!

fireside · May 31, 2003, 01:59 PM

i got a 404 when i tried to download "mldonkey launcher."

Scifience · May 31, 2003, 02:36 PM

Fixed it.

The link was wrong.

brown monk · May 31, 2003, 02:41 PM

This is my first time using mldonkey...I put it in my apps folder but when I'm using it puts all these files on my "home" folder...really annoying.

Havent figured out how to change that.

Scifience · May 31, 2003, 03:29 PM

That is odd, for me, it did not put any files in the home folder. What files did it add to your Home folder?

justinf77 · May 31, 2003, 03:36 PM

I had the files in my Home folder as well, until I stopped launching it via the Launcher. Just use the Terminal, it is not hard at all.

Type:

cd /Applications/MLdonkey2.5/
(or whatever the path is)

then:

./mlnet

And that is it!

Use http://localhost:4080 for the web gui. Ive been playing with this for a couple days, let me know if you have more questions.

Mediaman_12 · May 31, 2003, 03:37 PM

What ports do we nead to open in the firewall/on any routers, and forward to my Mac on the router?

justinf77 · May 31, 2003, 04:39 PM

Originally posted by Mediaman_12:
What ports do we nead to open in the firewall/on any routers, and forward to my Mac on the router?

You need to open and forward:
4661
4662
4666

All of those are open for me and now I no longer have any low ID problems.

tritonus · May 31, 2003, 05:01 PM

Originally posted by Mediaman_12:
What ports do we nead to open in the firewall/on any routers, and forward to my Mac on the router?

For MLDonkey:
TCP 4662
UDP 4666

For Kazaa/Fasttrack:
TCP 1214

For Overnet:
see port in MLDonkey / Options

BTW, it's all in the ReadMe file of MLDonkey!

Weezer · May 31, 2003, 06:05 PM

what are the chances of this whole thing being put into one nice little app that I can fire up and start downloading, like acquisition, or the real kazaa? Is that possible?

Johnny_B · May 31, 2003, 06:30 PM

More firewall stuff. Must I open all the ports to the servers. When I "View all servers" I get all kinda port numbers. The three under is all from Fasttrack, and there is far more ports used than this ones used under.

134.147.63.205:2172
81.98.96.217:2750
131.111.255.104:1187

Johnny_B · May 31, 2003, 07:03 PM

Just wanted to tell you that MLdonkey comes with a GUI program that runs out of X11 !!

Add this to your X11's "Applications menu":

cd /Applications/MLdonkey2.5/ ; ./mlgui
or another path if it's not installed there.

Please feel free to tell if you find another gui better. I use both the gui and web

wataru · 08:46 PM

Originally posted by Johnny_B:
Just wanted to tell you that MLdonkey comes with a GUI program that runs out of X11 !!

I tried to run it, but it claims to require the GTK library. You can get that here. I haven't tested it yet, though. I'm downloading it now... on dialup...

Edit: Ok, I downloaded and installed GTK, but now it wants "libgmodule." What is that?

Scifience · May 31, 2003, 10:06 PM

Originally posted by Weezer:
what are the chances of this whole thing being put into one nice little app that I can fire up and start downloading, like acquisition, or the real kazaa? Is that possible?

I'm working on it....

King Bob On The Cob · May 31, 2003, 11:25 PM

Originally posted by Scifience:
I'm working on it....

If you can beat Dave (Porify, the programmer of Aquisition) to it, Go for it. (Until something as good as Poisioned comes out for mldonkey, I'll keep using that, but it is even HARDER to set up then mldonkey)

gottsilla · Jun 1, 2003, 07:59 AM

Originally posted by King Bob On The Cob:
(Until something as good as Poisioned comes out for mldonkey, I'll keep using that,

but it is even HARDER to set up then mldonkey)

I've put up a guide on my website.

Soprano · Jun 1, 2003, 09:13 AM

FYI,To run the X11 interface, you need to install X11, AND the X11 sdk from apple. The easiest way to install GTK and other libraries is to install Fink, and the nice Fink Commander (a GUI for Fink).

stoneage · Jun 1, 2003, 09:32 AM

Originally posted by Scifience:
Everybody said they wanted a step-by-step tutorial for setting up MLDonkey for use on Kazaa/FastTrack, so here it is:

http://www.scifience.net/mldonkey/

Enjoy!

I launched Donkey from the Menu bar and got
this

I tried to enter http://127.0.0.1:4080/ into a web browser (IE and Safari) but couldn't connect. I don't seem to have the options available that you stated. ??????

Ratm · Jun 2, 2003, 09:36 PM

Originally posted by wataru:
I tried to run it, but it claims to require the GTK library. You can get that here. I haven't tested it yet, though. I'm downloading it now... on dialup...

Edit: Ok, I downloaded and installed GTK, but now it wants "libgmodule." What is that?

I had the same problem that you had until I download gtk1.2.10.dmg this version and not the one that you provided. After that it worked. In x11 type this in cd /Applications/MLdonkey/ ;./mlgui and it should work perfectly.

Dex13 · Jun 3, 2003, 12:00 AM

I can never get downloads to start

Ratm · Jun 3, 2003, 01:34 AM

I let it load for a while and make sure all the corresponding ports have been configured.

Andrew 8808 · Jun 3, 2003, 11:19 AM

When I run the Installer, it says I need the DLcompat library installed, and to view the readme to find out where to get it. But, I don't see anything about it in the readme...

frates · Jun 3, 2003, 11:59 AM

Hello

A good reference guide is also available and updated for months here (mldonkey in general, not specific for fasttrack...) :
mldonkey guide
mldonkey faq

raff67 · Jun 6, 2003, 01:21 PM

Originally posted by Scifience:
I'm working on it....

somehow i doubt very much that YOUR working on it, in fact why are you wanting donations ? you are using Xou�s builds which are available free elsewhere, your FAQ has a lot of false information in it,so if i was wanting to get started with mldonkey i would advise not to start with that FAQ
rant over

timmerk · Jun 12, 2003, 05:19 PM

The link: http://www.scifience.net/mldonkey/

doesnt work. Any updated links?

jszrules · Jun 14, 2003, 01:57 AM

Originally posted by timmerk:
The link: http://www.scifience.net/mldonkey/

doesnt work. Any updated links?

Hi, I second that request. Anyone got anything? Thanks.

Scifience · Jun 14, 2003, 10:03 AM

Hi,

I've been moving servers so it was down for a while.

It is back up now.

http://www.scifience.net/mldonkey/

Alex

Ozmodiar · Jun 15, 2003, 05:04 PM

Apparently I deleted the AppleScript Menu in a drunken Spring cleaning on my computer. I can't get it anywhere on Apple's site, and the only disc I have with me right now is the Dev Tools that came with 10.2.

Is there any way to install the Launcher other than through the Script menu?

Scifience · Jun 15, 2003, 10:28 PM

Originally posted by Ozmodiar:
Apparently I deleted the AppleScript Menu in a drunken Spring cleaning on my computer. I can't get it anywhere on Apple's site, and the only disc I have with me right now is the Dev Tools that came with 10.2.

Is there any way to install the Launcher other than through the Script menu?

Not that I'm aware of. Your best bet is to get your hands on a Jaguar CD and a copy of Pacifist.