How-To: Install and Run FrostWire in Debian Lenny

FrostWire is a P2P (Peer to Peer) client written in Java. To install and run FrostWire, you will first need to download the DEB package from here (just select the Ubuntu/Debian package).

Next, type su, enter the root password and install the JRE (Java Runtime Environment):

apt-get install sun-java6-jre

Then, install the DEB package you just downloaded:

dpkg -i frostwire-4.17.0.i586.deb

The next step is to select Sun Java instead of the default OpenJDK, so run as root:

update-alternatives --config java

What appears is something like the following:

# update-alternatives --config java

There are 4 alternatives which provide `java'.
Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
* 1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java
+ 2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java
3 /usr/bin/gij-4.3
4 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:

Select the first option, /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java and press ENTER.



FrostWire 4.17.0 running on Debian Lenny

You should be able to run Frostwire now, and to do it either type frostwire in a terminal or press ALT+F2 and type frostwire in the run dialogue that appears.

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