download the client
my favorite way to do this is with the command line ftp
like this
open a terminal if you are inside KDE/GUI
change to the directory you want to put distribfold into
i like to make a dc directory in home for this
so i do a
cd /home
then make the dc directory
mkdir dc
then change to that with
cd dc
now connect via ftp to download the file
ftp ftp.mshri.on.ca
then log in as
user: ftp
pass: (your email address)
then make sure you are in binary mode
binary
now download the client file
get /pub/distribfold/download/distribfold-current-linux-i386-icc.tar.gz
it will download the file into your dc directory, when its finished, leave the ftp program by typing
by
now you are back to the command line and can unzip the file
type
tar xzvf distribfold-current-linux-i386-icc.tar.gz
and it'll unzip into a new subfolder inside your dc folder , so change to that new directory
cd distribfold
now you need to make some changes to the foldit and create your autoupdate.cfg files
i like to use the text editor vi for this, so i do
vi foldit
now use the arrow keys to get to the end of the last line, where you need to add the -df switches
when you have the cursor lines up, press "i" to enter insert mode
push the right arrow key and then type "-df", now press escape to leave insert mode
next you need to write the file/save it and exit vi
so you do
:wq
this puts you back at the command line, now make your autoupdate.cfg file
type
vi autoupdate.cfg
you'll see a blank file in vi
so enter insert mode (type "i") and then put your "1" in there, hit escape to exit insert mode and then save and exit (:wq)
you can know launch your DF, just type
./foldit
and away you go, it will ask you for your handle and start crunching
i don't know the uber l33t way you get it to run without a console and automagically start every time you re-start your pc and all that stuff
good luck!
linux crunches DF faster than the same hardware running winders