Bittorent and GTK problem

Panagiotis_IOA · 03-17-2006, 12:01 PM

I downloaded a BitTorrent Slackware pagakge from linuxpackages.net. I installed it but I get the following error:

Quote:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/bittorrent", line 30, in ?
import gtk
ImportError: No module named gtk

And I have GTK installed, so what can be the problem?

suid0 · 03-17-2006, 12:49 PM

I got the same message but if you take a look there is an almost ncurses interface which I preffer because I can put inside an 'screen tab'

Try this interface.

Suggestion: If you want another bt client.. azureus is a very good graphical option. It was made using Java.

Oliv' · 03-17-2006, 12:58 PM

this software is written in python, so you need to have pygtk installed (for more info about pygtk)

noranthon · 04-20-2006, 05:18 AM

Thank you for the information in the last post. I was surprised to find a thread asking the question which I needed answering. Unfortunately, the solution gives rise to a new question.

Configuring pygtk proves not to be so simple. I have tried the suggested methods for instructing the installer in the location of python but it still reports "configure: error: could not find Python headers". I may have to start a new thread about this later but if anyone knows the solution, I would appreciate the information.

cs-cam · 04-20-2006, 06:40 AM

That's because Suse doesn't install and devel stuff because...I can't think of a good reason. If you want to build PyGTK from source then you'll need to install a python-devel package or similar or there will probably be a prebuilt pygtk package in yast if you look.

noranthon · 04-20-2006, 11:31 PM

Thanks. I haven't got that far with SuSE yet. That's a weekend job until the OS is in working order. In the meantime, I have to keep using Mandriva 2005 which is where the present problem arises. And I thought Window 98SE was a pain!

cs-cam · 04-20-2006, 11:57 PM

Mandriva is the same, none of those distros install the library headers etc with an app/lib.