RPM-based distro's
==================

RPM (though currently outdated) are available at:
    http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=3&search=slimrat&srodzaj=3



Arch Linux
==========

You can install Slimrat from AUR:
    http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20499



Manual installation
===================


Dependencies
------------

1) Main
  - Perl
  - wget
  - xclip (optional, handles GUI clipboard extensions)

Install these using your package manager of choice.


2) Perl modules
  - Getopt::Long
  - LWP::UserAgent
  - Term::ANSIColor
  - WWW::Mechanize
  - Gtk2::GladeXML (GUI)
  - Gtk2::SimpleList (GUI)

a) On Debian/Ubuntu
    apt-get install libwww-mechanize-perl libgtk2-gladexml-perl
b) On FreeBSD
    portinstall -Pp ftp/wget devel/p5-Getopt-Long devel/p5-Term-ANSIColor x11-toolkits/p5-Gtk2 x11-toolkits/p5-Gtk2-GladeXML x11-toolkits/p5-Gtk2-Ex-Simple-List www/p5-LWP-UserAgent-Determined www/p5-WWW-Mechanize
c) Manually (through CPAN)
    perl -MCPAN -e 'install Getopt::Long, Gtk2::GladeXML, Gtk2::SimpleList, LWP::UserAgent, Term::ANSIColor, WWW::Mechanize,';


Installation
------------

1) Unpack the tarball at a place you want to. Users wanting to run slimrat do not
   need to have write access to that folder.
    tar -xjvf slimrat-x.x.x.tar.bz2 -C /usr/local/bin/

2) Create symlinks to the main slimrat executables.
    ln -s /Path/to/SlimRat/slimrat /usr/local/bin/slimrat
    ln -s /Path/to/SlimRat/slimrat-gui /usr/local/bin/slimrat-gui

3) Optional: create a system-wide configuration file at /etc/slimrat.conf, a sample
   configuration file documenting all options is provided under the name "slimrat.conf"



Windows
=======

NOTE: the GUI is currently not available on Windows.

Dependencies
------------

1) Main
  - Perl
    http://strawberryperl.com/
  - wget
    http://www.christopherlewis.com/WGet/WGetFiles.htm


2) Perl modules
  - Getopt::Long
  - LWP::UserAgent
  - Term::ANSIColor
  - WWW::Mechanize

    perl -MCPAN -e "install Getopt::Long, LWP::UserAgent, Term::ANSIColor, WWW::Mechanize"


Installation
------------

1) Unpack the tarball at a place you want to, you can use Winrar to open the archive.

2) Open up the "slimrat" executable and replace the 'wget' invocation
       my $command = 'wget '
   to a 'wget.exe' invocation
       my $command = 'wget.exe '

NOTE: configuration files are currently also unavailable on Windows, so you'll need to
      specify any options through the command-line.

