I don't know about Mandrake, but in Slackware there's a file on the install disk called MANIFEST.gz which lists every file in every package on the disk. So whenever I get a message that such and such file can't be found, I search for it there first. For Slack, the file ltdl.h is in a package called libtool-1.4.3-i386-1.tgz, hopefully there is a similar rpm for Mandrake.

BTW there's another file on the install disk called FILE_LIST which only lists all the packages, so it's not nearly as useful.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

good timing
i was tryign to run it, and it saids something like " Can't connect to the daemon at 127.0.0.1:1213, is giFT running?"

by the way, i reckon the 'gift-setup' is quite confusing.

checking for _snprintf... no
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for _vsnprintf... no
checking for lt_dlopen in -lltdl... no
checking ltdl.h usability... no
checking ltdl.h presence... no
hecking for ltdl.h... no

Luddite - yes you are missing dependancies. you can also try tracking each one down here:

rpmfind.net and freshmeat.org

AnyBody know where gift-setup writes/stores the config file to?
I need to make some changes in there . .

Thanks,
John.

The config files for giFT are in ~/.giFT/

You gotta start reading the documentation, duff ;-)

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

i keep getting:

*** GIFT-FATAL: couldn't load protocol in file /usr/lib/giFT/libOpenFT.la: file not found
*** Often times more information can be found in the log file or with the -v command line switch.

iv installed this about 10,000 times & tried sooooo many different daemons.

any ideas?

You have to install the OpenFT plugin.

The following is from the giFT QUICKSTART file (really helps to read files like README, INSTALL, etc.):Go back to the giFT website and find the plugins (OpenFT, Gnutella). And while you're reading the documentation, pay attention to this bit:The FastTrack plugin connects you to the network that is used by Kazaa, so you don't want to leave that one out.

If you've already installed the OpenFT plugin and you're getting this message, try running /sbin/ldconfig (as root).

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

For Slack users, there are a nice bunch of giFT packages for Slack 10 at slackcare.com. Work like a charm.

Someone asked about Apollon. Apollon will run giftd for you, so you don't have to start it manually.

To use giFT, you have to read what gift-setup prompts for - there is a trick question in it - and remember what you have in your firewalls and /etc/hosts.(deny|allow) ;)

awesome thanx Cerbere.

ill try it when i get home.

Oh My God! This is my first thrid party software(except Java, Flash etc) that I have actually installed successfully :cry: ! Thank you very much! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

heh heh - keep up the good work.
Thanks for the affero!

I followed your instructions, and everything seems to have installed well, but when I run giftd I get this:

giftd: error while loading shared libraries: libgift.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

syme

sorry for the very extended delay.
try installing the libgift [it's the gift library]
If running Mandrake and you have your urpmi package manager sorted out [google for "easy urpmi"] then just try
that will install dependancies too.
Debian has the apt-get manager with similair features.