No Samba,No configuration to share files and folders within a network.

Let us assume you have 3 computers in your home. Each of them are connected to the same network. Sometimes you need to share some files or folders.
You might have tried several times to find some solution for it. Some may have even tried to set up samba but i am sure only a few might have been able to manage it. The easiest solution for sharing files or folders can be installing an application called giver.Other people running giver on your network are automatically discovered and you can send files to them by simply dragging the file to their photo or icon as you do in your messenger clien.Hence all you need to do is install giver in all your computers at home.

 

To install giver go to terminal and type

sudo apt-get install giver

In jaunty you will probably get the following error message

 

[Debug]: PhotoService static constructor called
[Fatal]: The Avahi Daemon is not running... start it before running Giver
Exception in Gtk# callback delegate
  Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle the exception.
Avahi.ClientException: Daemon not running
  at Avahi.Client..ctor (ClientFlags flags) [0x00000]
  at Avahi.Client..ctor () [0x00000]
  at Giver.ServiceLocator.Start () [0x00000]
  at Giver.ServiceLocator..ctor () [0x00000]
  at Giver.Application.InitializeIdle () [0x00000]
   at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException(System.Exception e, Boolean is_terminal)
   at GLib.Idle+IdleProxy.Handler()
   at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
   at Gtk.Application.Run()
   at Gnome.Program.Run()
   at Giver.Application.StartMainLoop()
   at Giver.Application.Main(System.String[] args)

 

 

To solve this type the following command in your terminal

sudo sed -i -e'/AVAHI_DAEMON_DETECT_LOCAL/s/1/0/' /etc/default/avahi-daemon

sudo service avahi-daemon restart

Restart your computer and now you can share files with your brother,sister or mom. By the way you won't get any avahi error message anymore.

 
To run giver go to internet >> giver

In some coputer giver may not start by clicking on its icon. In that case go to terminal and start giver by typing

sudo giver

After you run giver. You can see all the computer running giver near by you. Either you can  click on the computer name and select the file to send or drag the file.

 

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