hi. i got sarge with kernel-image 2.6.8-3-k7. i am trying to follow the installation notes from the azureus homepage to install the program. i got no errors when i do the procedure but when i am trying to start the programm it does not start. could someone tell me if there is any apt-get way to install it ?

Just make sure you have "contrib" and "non-free" in your /etc/apt/sources.list file and then aptitude update && aptitude install azureus (note I haven't actually used the program, but I just checked the repos to see if it was there)...

could you tell me the whole lines of the sources.list so i could add them, since i do not have the contrib and the non-free in mine.

i added the lines for contrib and non-free. now when i do apt-get install azureus it says that it requires one of the following two:
sun-j2sdk1.5
java2-runtime
i downloaded the jre from sun in a bin format i installed it but there is no luck with it either. could someone suggest a link to get java, azureus and all of its dependencies through synaptic?

I had the same problem. I guess the java from apt-get just isn't good enough. So, I downloaded from Sun but that didn't work either. It worked for my Firefox but, not for Azureus.

Solution:
You need check your java installed.
If it's not the newest version of java you need to get it.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp
Pick the self-extracting that isn't a RPM.

Build the package.
If you don't get any errors move on.

Install.
Set the new java install as default
Pick the one you just installed if it isn't already picked.

You're done Azureus should now work.

Some how people can get Azureus to work with the plugin and not have to go through the process of installing and configuring JRE 5.0 with the update. For the rest of use this should work.

Source:
http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Java