Kommute FAQ (English)
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What is Kommute?
Kommute is a crossplatform filesharing client using the anonymous filesharing network MUTE. It runs on Windows, FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OS X, and Solaris. Kommute is multisources. Kommute save your list of downloads and restart them when you run Kommute.
Where can I get it?
Kommute can be downloaded from the Kommute SourceForge.net page
Installation instructions
Actually kommute is distributed as :
- a windows installer
- a rpm package for linux
- a deb package for linux
You can also compile from sources. Also, remember to do any port forwarding or opening of your firewall that you need to do. Peers need to contact you by default on port 4900.
Step 1: Download Kommute sources
Download the Kommute sources into your working directory. Next unpack the downloaded file like this:
$ tar -xvzf kommute-0.20-1.tar.gz
Or, if you prefer to test the sources being developed, you can get like this:
svn co https://kommute.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kommute/trunk/kommute kommute
Step 2: Compile and install Kommute
- You should now have a kommute directory. Enter the kommute directory and do the following steps:
cd kommute qmake make su make install
Step 5: run Kommute
- We have now installed Kommute. To start the application just type kommute. If kommute does not start, it may not be in your PATH. Do a "make install" again and look for a line like this in the output:
"/bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=install /bin/install -c -p kommute /usr/kde/3.4/bin/kommute"
This will tell you where the kommute binary is installed. You can then run the program by specifying the full path: /usr/kde/3.4/bin/kommute or add the directory to your path.
Build dependencies
- QT 4.3 (or higher)
Troubleshooting
If you've had a problem, perhaps this will help. If not, please ask in the planetpeer forums and we'll try to help.
Running configure gives me problems with kde
If you see an error such as this when running configure in kommute to compile it:
checking for KDE... configure: error:
in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!
then you may need the kdelibs-devel or equivalent package.
I'm not connected to other peers the instant I start the application
Give it a few minutes before expecting the program to connect you with peers. If you still don't see any, check to make sure you're not blocking their connections with your firewall, and that you've correctly forwarded port 4900 (or whatever you pick) from your router, if you have one.
Search methods
When running Kommute and searching for files, if you can't find what you're looking for, try searching for just the filetype, then filtering the results from there using the filter box on your search results. So if it's an mp3 you're looking for, in the search box just type mp3, then try different words or combinations of words to filter down the results.
