unable to install limewire in ubuntu

[sav_more]

i downloaded the .zip installer for limewire from the limewire site(one option was .rpm so i choose the other option LimeWireOther.zip)
.i dont know what the hell to do wid this file...

can som one tell me how to install this or anyother file like this.and also how to uninstall programs
thanks

[freebird]

do one thing apt-get install alien and then download the rpm version of limewire too.then run

~$sudo alien -d limewirexxx.rpm

check ur current directory to get limewire.deb file.install it using the command " sudo dpkg -i xxx.deb"
or simply double click if u got gdebi installed.

[mehulved]

Isn't limewire available in one of the repos? That would be the best way.

[sav_more]

@tech_your_future :searched for limewire in synaptic nothing shows up....


@freebird...tried that give me this error...


savi@savi-desktop:~$ su
Password:
root@savi-desktop:/home/savi# apt-get install alien
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
alien: Depends: debhelper (>= 3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: dpkg-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages



what do i do now?

[freebird]

hello,
firstly read below tutorial afaik u need java also fo LW
http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-insta...-610-edgy-eft/
http://linox.be/wiki/index.php?n=Linux.LimeWireOnDebian

do u have internet?apt can solve the deps by d/ling and installing from different repos.try my /etc/apt/sources.list copied,if u have ubuntu edgy.

cat /media/sda12/etc/apt/sources.list
###gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
###gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -


deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu edgy-commercial main

deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb edgy 3v1n0

deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt edgy main

deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb edgy beryl-svn

[sav_more]

i have dapper....
wil this work on dapper????

also,i have java installed.

[freebird]

Do you have internet on ur Linux Box?then only these all works!
for dapper,u can make a /etc/apt/sources.list using this source-o-matic website.
http://www.ubuntu-nl.org/source-o-matic/

or just edit and add to /etc/apt/sources.list make a backup of earlier sources.list if u want.
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185758

 How to add extra repositories 
Read #General Notes
You can also  add extra repositories using the Synaptic Package Manager. New users may find it more user-friendly to add extra repositories through the Package Manager. If you follow the link above, you do not have follow the rest of this tip.
sudo cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Replace everything with the following lines
To use your local mirror you can add "cc." before archive.ubuntu.com (cc = your country code) e.g. deb http://lv.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse  ## Add comments (##) in front of any line to remove it from being checked.   
## Use the following sources.list at your own risk.  

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse

## MAJOR BUG FIX UPDATES produced after the final release
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse

## UBUNTU SECURITY UPDATES
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse

## BACKPORTS REPOSITORY (Unsupported.  May contain illegal packages.  Use at own risk.)
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## PLF REPOSITORY (Unsupported.  May contain illegal packages.  Use at own risk.)
deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ dapper free non-free
deb-src http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ dapper free non-free

## CANONICAL COMMERCIAL REPOSITORY (Hosted on Canonical servers, not Ubuntu
## servers. RealPlayer10, Opera and more to come.) 
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main
Save the edited file
wget -q http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

now try apt-get install alien or from menu Desktop>Administration>synaptic for seeing all pkgs

[sav_more]

yes i have an internet connection thru tata indicom.

thanks will try this and post.

[eddie]

Just extract the .tar.gz somewhere and execute the limewire script located in the folder. I have used limewire long time ago and that is how I used it.

[sav_more]

@eddie..the file was in .zip format and .rpm format...not .tar.gz so didnt know wat to do ...so followed freebird.....but thanks 4 replyin.
@freebird..
thanks man.
it worked...reppin u.

[eddie]

Originally Posted by sav_more

@eddie..the file was in .zip format and .rpm format...not .tar.gz so didnt know wat to do

Oops...yeah I misread that but then you could have extracted the zip file and read the README file

AFAIK Limewire doesn't come in source code format and it was as easy as executing the script in that folder.

[sav_more]

@ eddie...yup will rembr this nxt time...
thanks.