Linux: How to Install rTorrent/ruTorrent on Debian/Ubuntu VPS

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This tutorial will guide you through the setup of a fully-featured seedbox running on a Debian or Ubuntu system, including:

 

libtorrent 0.13.0

rTorrent 0.9

ruTorrent Web UI (3.0)

This guide has been tested with Debian 6 (x86_64) and Ubuntu 11.04 (x86_64).

 

To start, access your VPS via SSH (as the root user) and do the following to update your platform and install some required dependencies:

 

# apt-get update

# apt-get install subversion build-essential automake libtool libcppunit-dev libcurl3-dev libsigc++-2.0-dev unzip unrar-free curl libncurses-dev

# apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-cli php5-curl

 

Enable scgi for Apache:

 

# apt-get install libapache2-mod-scgi

# ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/scgi.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/scgi.load

 

Install XMLRPC:

 

# mkdir /install;cd /install

# svn checkout http://xmlrpc-c.svn.sourceforge.net/...mlrpc-c/stable xmlrpc-c

# cd xmlrpc-c

# ./configure --disable-cplusplus

# make

# make install

 

Intall libtorrent:

 

# cd /install

# wget http://vps6.net/src/libtorrent-0.13.0.tar.gz

# tar xvf libtorrent-0.13.0.tar.gz

# cd libtorrent-0.13.0

# ./configure

# make

# make install

 

Install rTorrent:

 

# cd /install

# wget http://vps6.net/src/rtorrent-0.9.0.tar.gz

# cd rtorrent-0.9.0

# ./configure --with-xmlrpc-c

# make

# make install

# ldconfig

 

Create required directories:

 

# mkdir /home/seeder1/rtorrent

# mkdir /home/seeder1/rtorrent/.session

# mkdir /home/seeder1/rtorrent/watch

# mkdir /home/seeder1/rtorrent/download

 

Setup .rtorrent.rc file (rTorrent config):

 

# cd ~/

# wget http://vps6.net/src/.rtorrent.rc

# cp .rtorrent.rc /home/seeder1/

 

(Edit the settings in .rtorrent.rc, like max upload/download speed, max connected peers, etc, as needed.)

 

Install rTorrent:

 

# cd /install

# wget http://vps6.net/src/rutorrent-3.0.tar.gz

# tar xvf rutorrent-3.0.tar.gz

# mv rutorrent /var/www

# wget http://vps6.net/src/plugins-3.0.tar.gz

# tar xvf plugins-3.0.tar.gz

# mv plugins /var/www/rutorrent

# rm -rf /var/www/rutorrent/plugins/darkpal

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

 

Secure /rutorrent:

 

# a2enmod ssl

# a2enmod auth_digest

# a2enmod scgi

# openssl req $@ -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out /etc/apache2/apache.pem -keyout /etc/apache2/apache.pem

# chmod 600 /etc/apache2/apache.pem

# htdigest -c /etc/apache2/passwords seedbox seeder1

 

(Enter a password of your choice when prompted, you will use this to log in to the ruTorrent web UI.)

 

# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

# rm -rf default

# wget http://vps6.net/src/default

# a2ensite default-ssl

# /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

 

Install screen:

 

# apt-get install screen

 

Start rTorrent in a detached shell using screen:

 

# screen -fa -d -m rtorrent

 

(To start rtorrent automatically when the VPS is booted, add the above command to /etc/rc.local)

 

You can now access ruTorrent at http://xx.xx.xx.xx/rutorrent/ (replace xx.xx with your server's IP address). You should be greeted with a login prompt, where the username is "seeder1" and the password is the one you set above in the "secure /rutorrent" section.

 

.. and there you go