Installation Of Ktorrent - What To Do Next?

I am asking this question because Ktorrent is installed on kubuntu but I have difficulty installing it on backtrack.

Firstly, I unzipped the file using tar -xvf Ktorrent-4.0.5

Subsequently I am not sure what to do.

These are the files inside:

root@bt:~/ktorrent-4.0.5# ls
CMakeLists.txt ChangeLog dbus_xml ktmagnetdownloader ktupnptest libktupnp plugins scripts
COPYING Messages.sh ideal ktorrent libktcore plasma po templates

What should I do next?

Question 2: Is there any burning dvd or CD software for Bt RC2 or do I have to install it myself?

perhaps try transmission for torrents as it is in the repos (apt-get install transmission, or something close to that), for burning software try k3b-kde3

hi may I ask what does apt-get transmission do? What is transmission for torrent?

http://www.transmissionbt.com/

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apt-get install transmission

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installs the transmission bittorrent client software. Perhaps you need to back up and do some quick reading on linux before you get too far into backtrack as these are ESSENTIAL skills
apt is the package manager for many debian based linux distributions.

Thanks. I knew what Ktorrent is but not transmission.
May I ask if there is a standard method for installing packages after I unpack them?
Normally, I dont know what to do.

Backtrack is built from ubuntu/debian so it uses pre-built binary packages in the repositories. The apt tools are the package management tools that interact with the repositories. You can also use dpkg for .deb package files(google chrome can be easily installed this way). If you are trying to install software and you download it in some form of tarball (packagenamehere.tar.gz) then it is often source code and needs to be compiled. (make build, make install)

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Originally Posted by hitmen

Thanks. I knew what Ktorrent is but not transmission.
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transmission is just another bitorrent client. personally i like it better then ktorrent. I would recommend it over ktorrent because it is light and fast. I use it as my default bitorrent client. it is in the backtrack repos. you can just go into terminal and type in apt-get install transmission to install it. it is a very nice torrent client and i would highly recommend it over ktorrent.

Just thought I'd also mention that you can use synaptic if you would like a GUI for package management. Might be easier to start out with. Just type

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synaptic

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into the run command box.