Install Rtorrent On Ubuntu

[Mêk]

Hey everyone,

I want to install rTorrent on my Ubuntu Server. If Anyone Know How to do that, please give me steps or tutorial.

Thanks

 

[Uncle Mac]

if your going to use it as a seed box then they will set it up for you right in your browser. I got it in firefox and im a dumbie of sorts. seed box company usually with give you instructions

 

[Uncle Mac]

 

[Mêk]

Actually I want to install for downloading and seeding both.

 

[GoofySpyLORD]

Hey @Mêk

:SOLUTION :​

Installing rTorrent

Because it is a very popular application, rTorrent is available in the repositories of most Linux distributions, so you can use the package manager to install it along with the needed libraries.

Open your Terminal and type :

For Ubuntu you can just use:

$ sudo apt-get install rtorrent

rTorrent can be used stand-alone and it’s a full feature torrent client that can run directly from the command line. You can run it by simply typing the following command in the console:

$ rtorrent

And it will start the command line interface.

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[Mêk]

@GoofySpyLORD , Thank You So Much.
Can I Access It From Web browser in Same Network ?

 

[Uncle Mac]

That is sort of what I did with an old Windows desktop that I had sitting here collecting dust. I use it to download & seed torrents via uTorrent and it's WebUI, and I also use it to stream my media on my network to my other devices.

Eventually I will be doing this with Linux too.

@GoofySpyLORD , Thank You So Much.
Can I Access It From Web browser in Same Network ?

Yes, you should be able to.

 

[Mêk]

That is sort of what I did with an old Windows desktop that I had sitting here collecting dust. I use it to download & seed torrents via uTorrent and it's WebUI, and I also use it to stream my media on my network to my other devices.

Eventually I will be doing this with Linux too.



Yes, you should be able to.

Is There Any Other Thing To Do To Enable Web Interface Or Just This Simple Command Can Do All Things ??

 

[Uncle Mac]

Is There Any Other Thing To Do To Enable Web Interface Or Just This Simple Command Can Do All Things ??

Yes, there are a few other things you need to do before you install rTorrent and before using the web interface.
Since there are quite a few steps to take, this tutorial should help you.

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[Mêk]

Yes, there are a few other things you need to do before you install rTorrent and before using the web interface.
Since there are quite a few steps to take, this tutorial should help you.

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[Uncle Mac]

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Well, here's a copy of the tutorial:

Add your username to /etc/sudoers.

su
root password.

nano /etc/sudoers
Example:

john ALL=(ALL) ALL


1. Create new user “rtorrent”.
sudo adduser --home /opt/rtorrent rtorrent


2. Update Everything and install some needed dependencies.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade


sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential automake libtool libcppunit-dev libcurl3-dev
sudo apt-get install libsigc++-2.0-dev libcppunit-dev unzip unrar-free curl libncurses-dev
sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils php5 php5-cli php5-curl php-xml-rss php5-xmlrpc
sudo apt-get install php5-sqlite sqlite libapache2-mod-php5 libapache2-mod-xsendfile libssl-dev


3. Enable the SCGI module.
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-scgi
sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/scgi.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/scgi.load
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart


4. Install XMLRPC.
cd $HOME
sudo mkdir install
cd install
sudo svn checkout

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xmlrpc-c
cd xmlrpc-c
sudo ./configure --disable-cplusplus
sudo make
sudo make install


5. Install rTorrent.
5.1. Install Libtorrent.
cd ..
sudo wget

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-O libtorrent-0.13.4.tar.gz
sudo tar xvf libtorrent-0.13.4.tar.gz
cd libtorrent-0.13.4
sudo ./autogen.sh
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install


5.2. Install rTorrent.
cd ..
sudo wget

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-O rtorrent-0.9.4.tar.gz
sudo tar xvf rtorrent-0.9.4.tar.gz
cd rtorrent-0.9.4
sudo ./autogen.sh
sudo ./configure --with-xmlrpc-c
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig


6. Make Directories these are needed for rTorrent to function.
sudo mkdir -p /opt/rtorrent/{session,watch,download}
sudo chmod 777 -R /opt/rtorrent/{session,watch,download}
sudo chown rtorrent:rtorrent -R /opt/rtorrent/{session,watch,download}


7. Edit the .rtorrent.rc file and put it in the home directory of the user that will run rTorrent.
sudo wget

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-O /opt/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc


Edit: directory, session, watch_directory, port_range and add scgi port: scgi_port.

sudo nano /opt/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc
directory = /opt/rtorrent/download
session = /opt/rtorrent/session
#schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=/opt/rtorrent/watch/*.torrent
port_range = 6882-6892
upload_rate = 0
download_rate = 0
use_udp_trackers = yes
max_uploads = 200
min_peers=10
max_peers=400
check_hash = no

# DHT
peer_exchange = yes
dht_port = 1026
dht = auto

# Encryption
encryption = allow_incoming,try_outgoing,require,require_RC4,prefer_plaintext,enable_retry

# SCGI
scgi_port = localhost:5000


Change permission:

sudo chown rtorrent:rtorrent /opt/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc


8. Install ruTorrent.
8.1. ruTorrent via

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.
sudo apt-get install git
sudo git clone

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/var/www/rutorrent/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/rutorrent


OR

8.2. ruTorrent ver. 3.7.
cd ..
sudo wget

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sudo unzip ruTorrent-3.7.zip
sudo mv ruTorrent-master /var/www/rutorrent
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/rutorrent


OR

8.3. ruTorrent ver. 3.6.
cd ..
sudo wget

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sudo tar xvf rutorrent-3.6.tar.gz
sudo mv rutorrent /var/www
sudo wget

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sudo tar xvf plugins-3.6.tar.gz
sudo mv plugins /var/www/rutorrent
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/rutorrent


OR

8.4. ruTorrent ver. 3.5.
cd ..
sudo wget

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sudo tar xvf rutorrent-3.5.tar.gz
sudo mv rutorrent /var/www
sudo wget

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sudo tar xvf plugins-3.5.tar.gz
sudo mv plugins /var/www/rutorrent
sudo rm -rf /var/www/rutorrent/plugins/darkpal
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/rutorrent


8.5. ruTorrent mobile.
Acces to ruTorrent, rTorrent from Apple smartphones and older smartphones.

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8.6. Install mediainfo.
sudo apt-get install mediainfo


8.7. Install GeoIP i ffmpeg.


sudo wget

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sudo gunzip GeoLiteCity.dat.gz
sudo mkdir -v /usr/share/GeoIP
sudo mv -v GeoLiteCity.dat /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCity.dat
sudo apt-get install php5-geoip libav-tools
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/avconv /usr/bin/ffmpeg


Package ffmpeg is deprecated.

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg



9. Create the .htpasswd file.
cd /var/www/rutorrent
sudo htpasswd -c /var/www/rutorrent/.htpasswd username


You will be asked for a password twice. Response:

New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user username


Edit file /var/www/rutorrent/.htaccess and add location secured by password.

sudo nano /var/www/rutorrent/.htaccess
...
AuthUserFile /var/www/rutorrent/.htpasswd
AuthName "ruTorrent_login"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
...


Access to ruTorrent WebUI.

Edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf and add infoformation about files and locations secured by password apache2.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
#ServerName

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ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>


<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>



# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
# error, crit, alert, emerg.
# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
# modules, e.g.
#LogLevel info ssl:warn

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
</VirtualHost>


Create configfile /etc/apache2/sites-available/rutorrent.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/rutorrent
# ruTorrent
#===========================================================================

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/rutorrent/
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

#===========================================================================


Enable ruTorrent configfile:

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/rutorrent /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/rutorrent


Add server name to configfile eg: localhost (at the bottom).

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
ServerName localhost


Enable modules auth_digest and authn_file:

sudo a2enmod auth_digest
sudo a2enmod authn_file


Restart apache2:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart


10. Secure SCGI (/RPC2).
Create folders: passwords-available, passwords-enabled in /etc/apache2.

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apache2/passwords-{available,enabled}


Create new username password for SCGI.

cd /etc/apache2/passwords-available
sudo htpasswd -c rtorrentscgi username


Link folder passwords-available to passwords-enabled to enable configfile with password.

cd ../passwords-enabled
sudo ln -s ../passwords-available/rtorrentscgi


Edit file /etc/apache2/sites-available/rtorrentscgi and add location of SCGI secured by password.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/rtorrentscgi
#rTorrent SCGI Password Location
#===========================================================================
<LocationMatch "/RPC2">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "rtorrentscgi"
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwords-enabled/rtorrentscgi
Require valid-user
BrowserMatch "MSIE" AuthDigestEnableQueryStringHack=On
Order allow,deny
Allow From all
</LocationMatch>
#===========================================================================


# SCGI PORT
#===========================================================================

#LoadModule scgi_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_scgi.so
SCGIMount /RPC2 127.0.0.1:5000

#===========================================================================


Enable rtorrentscgi configfile:

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/rtorrentscgi /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/rtorrentscgi


Restart apache2.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart


11. Install Screen.
sudo apt-get install screen


Start rTorrent in a detached shell using screen.

su - rtorrent
screen -fa -d -m rtorrent


Testing rTorrent:

sudo netstat -npl | grep rtorrent


Output..

tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:5000 0.0.0.0 LISTEN 6642/rtorrent
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6892 0.0.0.0 LISTEN 6642/rtorrent


12. rTorrent Autostart script.
Download script and save it to /etc/init.d/.

sudo wget

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-O /etc/init.d/rtorrent


Edit script and chanage option user to rtorrent.

sudo nano /etc/init.d/rtorrent
...
user="rtorrent"
...


Change permission and start rTorrent.

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/rtorrent
sudo update-rc.d rtorrent defaults
sudo /etc/init.d/rtorrent start


From now rTorrent will start with system automatically in a detached shell using screen.

Commands:

sudo /etc/init.d/rtorrent start - start rtorrent
sudo /etc/init.d/rtorrent stop - stop rtorrent
sudo /etc/init.d/rtorrent restart - restart rtorrent


13. Access to your web front-end for rTorrent.
http://address_IP/rutorrent
or

http://domain.com/rutorrent


You should be asked for username and password to access website



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I hope this tutorial helps you.

 

[Mêk]

That's strange....
Well, here's a copy of the tutorial:


I hope this tutorial helps you.

Now It's Clean Tutorial. Thanks For Help

 

[GoofySpyLORD]

Hello @Mêk
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[Uncle Mac]

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