BitTorrent-3.4.2 is not working.

[Robert Nichols]

Vinicius wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have installed BitTorrent-3.4.2 in /usr/local/ and set up the mime
> type in Mozilla, but when I push the link to download the FC3, the
> dialog flash with no message and it disappear.
> 
> When I run btdownloadgui.py from the command line, I get this:
> "$ /usr/local/BitTorrent-3.4.2/btdownloadgui.py
> http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/heidelberg-binary-i386.torrent
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/BitTorrent-3.4.2/btdownloadgui.py", line 262, in run
>     app = btWxApp(0, params)
>   File "/usr/local/BitTorrent-3.4.2/btdownloadgui.py", line 249, in
> __init__
>     wxApp.__init__(self, x)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/wx/_core.py", line 5243, in
> __init__
>     self._BootstrapApp()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/wx/_core.py", line 4931, in
> _BootstrapApp
>     return _core_.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs)
>   File "/usr/local/BitTorrent-3.4.2/btdownloadgui.py", line 253, in
> OnInit
>     d = DownloadInfoFrame(doneflag)
>   File "/usr/local/BitTorrent-3.4.2/btdownloadgui.py", line 108, in
> __init__
>     colSizer.Add(50, 50, 0, wxEXPAND)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/wx/_core.py", line 8966, in Add
> [cassius at pc Temp]$ /usr/local/BitTorrent-3.4.2/btdownloadgui.py
> http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/heidelberg-binary-i386.torrent
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/BitTorrent-3.4.2/btdownloadgui.py", line 262, in run
>     app = btWxApp(0, params)
>   File "/usr/local/BitTorrent-3.4.2/btdownloadgui.py", line 249, in
> __init__
>     wxApp.__init__(self, x)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/wx/_core.py", line 5243, in
> __init__
>     self._BootstrapApp()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/wx/_core.py", line 4931, in
> _BootstrapApp
>     return _core_.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs)
>   File "/usr/local/BitTorrent-3.4.2/btdownloadgui.py", line 253, in
> OnInit
>     d = DownloadInfoFrame(doneflag)
>   File "/usr/local/BitTorrent-3.4.2/btdownloadgui.py", line 108, in
> __init__
>     colSizer.Add(50, 50, 0, wxEXPAND)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/wx/_core.py", line 8966, in Add
>     return _core_.Sizer_Add(*args, **kwargs)
> TypeError: wxWindow, wxSizer, wxSize, or (w,h) expected for item"
> 
> "$ rpm -qa | grep python
> rpm-python-4.3.1-0.3
> gnome-python2-bonobo-2.0.0-4.1
> libxml2-python-2.6.15-2
> python-2.3.3-6
> python-devel-2.3.3-6
> python-optik-1.4.1-5
> gnome-python2-gtkhtml2-2.0.0-4.1
> gnome-python2-2.0.0-4.1
> gnome-python2-canvas-2.0.0-4.1"
> 
> "$ rpm -qa | grep wxPython
> wxPythonGTK2-py2.3-2.5.2.8-FC2
> wxPythonGTK2-devel-2.5.2.8-FC2"
> 
> What's I'm doing wrong, please?
> 
> TIA, Vinicius.
> 

I ran into the same problem on my FC-1 system and finally found an
old message on the BitTorrent_help Yahoo! group identifying the
problem as due to having a version of wxPython incompatible with
my gtk library.  I poked around a while trying to figure out a
compatible set of components.  Finally I saw the light, uninstalled 
bittorrent and everything else I had installed to try to get it
working, pointed 'yum' at the appropriate fedora-extras respository,
and issued the magic incantation:

                  yum install bittorrent

'Twould have been a lot simpler if I'd just done that in the first
place.

--
Bob Nichols         rnichols42 at comcast.net