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After building the package, there will be an executable named <tt>linuxdcpp</tt> in your current working directory. Run it (e.g. with <tt>./linuxdcpp</tt>) and enjoy.
==Unofficial Advice from Rescomp==
Hi. I am an RCC in one of the units and want to give some unofficial advice to residents using the Cal hub. First of all, the disclaimer you see after connecting about section 431.322.12 of the Internet Privacy Act is bogus. If you are sharing copyrighted files you can be sued, no matter what anyone else says. This particular gem has been floating around the net for a while, Google it if you want to find out more.
Second of all, please, please do not connect to public hubs, using DC++ or any other file transfer program, especially BitTorrent. The way our security system works is that certain IP addresses are blacklisted by SNS, and if your computer makes any sort of connection to a blacklisted IP address you will be automatically kicked off the Berkeley network, and you will have to talk to an RCC about it. For example, if you are downloading a torrent and one of the peers is some computer that we have identified as being part of a botnet, then you could get a SCUNC (security) tag and be temporarily kicked off the network.
As others have mentioned, bandwidth does not count against you when it is on the same subet. Actually, this is not limited only to the Berkeley network. UCB only pays for commercial bandwidth, so any bandwidth directed to other academic/research institutions that doesn't have to travel over commercial backbones will (probably) not count against you. (Note to the hub admins: traffic to and from other Berkeley networks, e.g. Airbears does not count against bandwidth, and there is no reason to block those IPs, hint hint.)
Again, this is not official Rescomp advice, but sharing files on DC++ is pretty safe. Unlike BitTorrent, Kazaa, or whatever you kids are using these days, traffic on the Cal hub does not get routed outside our network. That means that you cannot be passively monitored for file sharing. In theory, at a later date Rescomp could be subpoenaed and we would have to let the RIAA/MPAA or whoever onto the Berkeley network, but this is a fairly unlikely possibility. If you are going to download files, please do not use these public file transfer programs. The copyright list here gets about a dozen or so emails a day for people with copyright violations. If that happens to you your internet connection will be temporarily revoked, and ...
Please do not ask RCCs for help sharing files. We cannot and will not help you.
==External links==
*[http://berkeley.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200295276 Calhub group on Facebook]