Prerequesites:

In order to run the gui you should have the following packages installed on your machine:

• a recent freenet node. See [http://freenetproject.org/] for details
• Python >= 2.5 from [http://python.org/download/]
• Qt >= 4.4.0 from trolltech [http://trolltech.com/downloads/]
• PyQt >= 4.4.3 from riverbank computing [http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download/]

to make thing easier on debian or ubuntu, you may use the following repositories to fetch Qt4.4.0 and PyQt4.3 (use at your own risk):

deb http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
deb-src http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
			

Finally, download the latest release of fclient from sourceforge [http://sourceforge.net/projects/fclient]

..and run it right away from any folder you feel best with. No need to install it to lib-sitepackages. On the project page you will find a bug tracker and a mailing list to discuss the project and report any bugs or feature requests.