Can't get shockwave viewer to install in FC3

[Paul Howarth]

Peter Cannon wrote:
> On Thursday 25 November 2004 13:36, Paul Howarth wrote:
>>Don't know what you mean by "you know what you want?"
> 
> 
> Maybe I'm being dense? I'm thinking in the realms of ftp
> 
> For arguments sake lets say I want Flashplayer I ftp to the site drill down to 
> the relevant folder select the file then start the download process.
> 
> If I read your advice correctly your saying do btdownloadgui.py --url 
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/flashplayer
> 
> I was hoping it would give you a visual ability to pick and choose what you 
> wanted rather than a specific selection, this is what I meant by 'Know what 
> you want'
> 
> Maybe its not for me but thanks for all your help I do appreciate it.

Perhaps you're confused about what BitTorrent is? It's not a generic download 
tool. It's used to distribute large files (e.g. ISO images) by getting all the 
downloading clients to upload bits of the file to each other. It requires a 
special file called a "torrent" (typically having a filename ending in 
.torrent) that describes the segments of the files, contains checksums etc. 
and points the BitTorrent client to a server where it can find details of 
where to get the file(s).

For example, torrents for Fedora Core distributions can be found at: 
http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/

So you point your regular web browser at the site containing the torrents and 
the specialised BitTorrent clients kicks in when you hit a .torrent link to do 
the download.

Paul.