Install-amule-freebsd
Install aMule SVN on FreeBSD 6.X
Check that your /usr/port is up-to-date, for example using portsnap: portsnap fetch update
Upgrade the FreeBSD flex release (2.5.4) with the new one (2.5.3x):
cd /usr/ports/textproc/flex make install clean
This installation didn't override the old /usr/bin/, but put a new release on /usr/local/bin/.
Then we need to rename the old flex release:
mv /usr/bin/flex /usr/bin/flex.old
And check your version with this command:
flex --version
You should obtain: 2.5.3x
Install wxgtk28:
cd /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/wxgtk28-unicode/
make install clean
Install cryptopp:
cd /usr/ports/security/cryptopp
make install clean
Download the latest aMule SVN snapshot here.
(This article is tested with http://www.hirnriss.net/files/cvs/aMule-CVS-20080331.tar.bz2)
tar -zxvf aMule-CVS-20080331.tar.bz2
cd amule-cvs/
./configure --prefix=/home/user/amule-cvs/ --with-wx-config=/usr/local/bin/wxgtk2u-2.8-config --with-crypto-prefix=/usr/local/ --disable-debug --with-curl-config=/usr/local/bin/curl-config --enable-webserver --enable-optimize --with-included-gettext --enable-amule-daemon --enable-amulecmd --enable-cas
NOTE: Check configure. Also, change user for your user name.
gmake
gmake install
Installing old 2.1.3
The amule port can be found at:
/usr/ports/net-p2p/amule2
I prefer the installation of applications on freebsd through the ports collection. Assumeing you're useing freebsd 6.2, as root:
- cd /usr/ports/net-p2p/amule2
- make install clean
In the next menu select deamon if you've plans to remote control aMule, or leave the options as they are, press OK and wait for compilation. The time needed depends on the depended applications that has te be installed. The program directory can be found: (~./aMule/). Means as root:
/root/.aMule/
any other user:
/usr/home/<username>/.aMule/
amule.conf can be found directly in the program folder. The webserver config file has to be made:
- amuleweb -w.
and is called remote.conf
The stable aMule is version 2.1.3.
We wanna stay current? Help test? Help debug? Continue with this article to learn how to install/compile aMule on your system.
