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Old 12-18-2006, 01:59 AM   #1
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trouble installing rtorrent


I need a good command line torrent client to run on my server (to host quite a few torrents) and from what I found rtorrent seems to be the best. I seem to be having a bit of trouble though. I'm running Cent OS 4.4

Tried "yum install rtorrent" .. I get..

Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: rtorrent
Nothing to do

I tried to install it a while back, it downloaded the file but gave me that same "Nothing to do" argument. This is what it says now though. I hate being a newb...

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Old 12-18-2006, 02:04 AM   #2
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yum can only install packages it nkows exist. it's not a magic genie that can go off and install absolutely any bit of osftware you ask for. you need to install it without using yum, or find a yum repository which does include it and add it to your yum configuration.
 
Old 12-18-2006, 02:47 AM   #3
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yum can only install packages it nkows exist. it's not a magic genie that can go off and install absolutely any bit of osftware you ask for. you need to install it without using yum, or find a yum repository which does include it and add it to your yum configuration.
How would I find such a repository? Or would I need a magic genie for that too?
 
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google.com would be my first place to go, but i wouldn't be too hopeful.
 
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google.com would be my first place to go, but i wouldn't be too hopeful.
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories

This might not end up being so hard after all. I'll try a few of these in the morning.
 
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no, they are the ones you already have, you'd be checking ones like dag or livna or karan
 
Old 12-18-2006, 09:51 PM   #7
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no, they are the ones you already have, you'd be checking ones like dag or livna or karan
I followed the instructions for RPMForge, and rtorrent installed smoothly. Thanks for the help.

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