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azureus - Java-based BitTorrent client ChangeLog

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http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

HOWTO

# Azureus 2.5.0.4
# ===============
# Prerequisites:
# JRE (Java Runtime Environment) or SDK (Software Development Kit) from Sun
# or Blackdown

cd
test -f installed/Azureus_2.5.0.4_linux.tar.bz2 &&
mv installed/Azureus_2.5.0.4_linux.tar.bz2 .
test ! -f Azureus_2.5.0.4_linux.tar.bz2 &&
wget http://download.sf.net/azureus/Azureus_2.5.0.4_linux.tar.bz2

# Verify tarball w/ md5sum:
echo "aa0ef937ab4faaaefb37c137842b1e0e Azureus_2.5.0.4_linux.tar.bz2" | \
md5sum -c

test -d ./azureus && mv -f ./azureus ./azureus.old
tar xjvf ~/Azureus_2.5.0.4_linux.tar.bz2
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root azureus
rm -f installed/Azureus_*.tar.*
mv Azureus_2.5.0.4_linux.tar.bz2 installed/

# Now, from an xterm:
cd ~/azureus
./azureus

# ~/azureus/azureus.png can be used as a desktop icon