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[Cr4z33]

Hi.
I've installed aMule v2.03 into the latest Ubuntu v5.10.
The problem is that for some strange reasons I can't see a "Preferences" button and I have to set my options up manually by opening amule.conf with a Text Editor.
Any help to fix this would be appreciated.

[phoenix]

Cr4z33,

Very weird indeed. Are you using a pre-built package or compiling yourself? Well, if you are using a pre-built package and you have some spare time, I would advise you to try to compile it yourself.

http://www.amule.org/wiki/index.php/Compilation_Installation

For more help, you need someone using the same distro as you, I am on FC4 here.

Cheers!

[Cr4z33]

Tnx for the reply.
Yes I'm using a pre-built package and it seems I'm the only Ubuntu user affected by this problem.
Ok, going to learn how to compile and then I'll test the package.

[thedude0001]

What's your screen resolution? Maybe it's too small to fit all buttons into the window. What buttons do you see? (a screenshot would be nice)

[Cr4z33]

Indeed, it's 640x480 'cause the machine is remotely connected by LAN without monitor, keyboard or mice.  
However, when I was using Ubuntu 5.04 the button was visible with that resolution.

[Kry]

You can take a CVS version, and edit config file for vertical toorbar oriaentation on the left.

[Cr4z33]

Can this be done easily or?

[phoenix]

Originally posted by Cr4z33
Can this be done easily or?

Muuuuhhhhaaaaa, to use CVS you will have to compile aMule yourself

Good luck! There is plenty of information on the wiki page and you can always ask here.

[Cr4z33]

Ouch I see, well it will take time then.  :]

[ShaLouZa]

Feel the power of the apt-get system.  

All you have to do is type "sudo apt-get build-dep amule" in a terminal and it will download and install everything needed to compile aMule. Then you just download the tar.gz, untar it, go in the resulting folder with the terminal and compile it :

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cd ~/amulecvsblablabla
./configure
make
make installTadam you've got a cutting edge aMule.  

[Cr4z33]

Weeeh tnx for the precious help! :baby:
Going to try it in the next day.

[ShaLouZa]

You can also dl the "checkinstall" package with Synaptic and replace "make install" by "checkinstall" to make sure apt (and then Synaptic) take good note of the installation of the package and its dependancies.

[Cr4z33]

Was building aMule and after 2 mins running the command "checkinstall" I got these errors:

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SharedFileList.cpp:123: warning: unused variable ‘old_size’
SharedFileList.cpp: At global scope:
SharedFileList.cpp:192: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See for instructions.
For Debian GNU/Linux specific bug reporting instructions,see .
make[3]: *** [amule-SharedFileList.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/cr4z33/amule-cvs/src'
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/cr4z33/amule-cvs/src'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/cr4z33/amule-cvs/src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

****  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

Cleaning up...OK

Bye.

[Cr4z33]

K, I used the make install instead of checkinstall and got it working.  
Could you plz tell me now how to get the button vertically as I still cannot see them all?
I've to confirm that it happens due to the little 640x480 screen resolution.

[ShaLouZa]

Don't know, sorry (I have a 1680x1050 resolution). The only thing I can think of right now is to use a theme with smaller icons, it might mork. Maybe there's another way.

Yeah sometimes checkinstall just doesn't work, it needs all the fields to be filled or it aborts the installation. Just make install instead, that doesn't really matter.