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aMule is a P2P client for the eDonkey2000 (or ed2k) network, which, according to Wikipedia, is the most widely used P2P network in the world (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDonkey_network for that statistic, as well as some other important information you should read if you plan to use the ed2k network). You can install aMule using apt-get, since it is part of Ubuntu’s universe repository.

Make sure that the universe repository is enabled, and then enter the following:

$ sudo apt-get install amule

You’ll be asked if you want to install some other packages that aMule needs, so go ahead and say yes. When apt finishes, you can start aMule by going to the K menu -> Internet -> aMule (if you use KDE) or Applications -> Internet -> aMule (if you use GNOME). The program will start up, as you can see in the image below:

aMule is running, but there’s a lot more to do. To configure and use aMule, start with the “aMule wiki” (http://www.amule.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page), especially the Getting Started page (http://www.amule.org/wiki/index.php/Getting_Started). Another great source of help is the aMule forums (http://www.amule.org/amule/index.php). Try out aMule: you really can find just about anything there.