Install and configure rtorrent + wtorrent bundles in Debian

On habrahabr the problem of creating a home server has been repeatedly debated. Accordingly, using the search, you can easily find some good articles on this topic. There you will learn, in particular, why all this is needed.
But, unfortunately, none of the articles presented on the Internet completely discloses the problem of installing the rtorrent + wtorrent bundle in the Debian system (or Ubuntu, which is almost the same). The main difficulty lies in several obvious and not very "pitfalls":

- Debian contains some packages with outdated versions of libraries that are incompatible with the latest version of rtorrent / libtorrent;
- the existing manuals and howto contain information only on how to install this bundle on the lighttpd server, which is not always convenient (for example, I have a couple of sites on my home server that are better run under Apache);
- no manual takes into account all the subtleties of the installation.

Given these circumstances, this manual was written in the style of “copy-paste”, which, I hope, will help you in the difficult task of taming rtorrent / wtorrent.

We put the "clean" Debian 4.0. Next, in the console under the root, we put the necessary packages: We will conjure over Apache: We will put the rest from sors. First, install xmlrpc: Next c-ares: Next libcurl: Now you can build libtorrent and rtorrent:

apt-get install apache-common apache2-utils autoconf automake \
autotools-dev binutils build-essential bzip2 ca-certificates comerr-dev \
cpp cpp-4.1 dpkg-dev file g++ g++-4.1 gawk gcc gcc-4.1 libapache-mod-php5 \
libapr1 libaprutil1 libc6-dev libcurl3 libcurl3-openssl-dev libexpat1 \
libidn11 libidn11-dev libkadm55 libkrb5-dev libmagic1 libncurses5-dev \
libneon26 libpcre3 libpq4 libsigc++-2.0-dev libsqlite0 libsqlite3-0 \
libssl-dev libssp0 libstdc++6-4.1-dev libsvn1 libtool libxml2 linux-kernel-headers \
lynx m4 make mime-support ntp ntpdate openssl patch libapache2-mod-scgi\
perl perl-modules php5 php5-cgi php5-common php5-sqlite pkg-config screen



a2enmod suexec
a2enmod scgi



cd
svn co xmlrpc-c.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xmlrpc-c/stable xmlrpc-c
cd xmlrpc-c
./configure --disable-cplusplus
make
make install



cd
wget c-ares.haxx.se/c-ares-1.6.0.tar.gz
tar xzf c-ares-1.6.0.tar.gz
cd c-ares-1.6.0
./configure
make
make install



cd
wget curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.19.3.tar.gz
tar xzf curl-7.19.3.tar.gz
cd curl-7.19.3
./configure --enable-ares
make
make install



cd
mkdir rtorrent
cd rtorrent
svn co svn://rakshasa.no/libtorrent/trunk
svn up
cd trunk
cd libtorrent
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install
cd ../rtorrent
./autogen.sh
./configure --with-xmlrpc-c
make
make install

Add the rt user and create all sorts of service folders: Create a startup script for rtorrent and add it to autoload: Create a configuration file for rtorrent: Write the following there: If you have a router, open ports 63963 and 63982 on the server with rtorrent on it. Next, edit the /etc/apache2/apache.conf file, add the following lines somewhere: Now install wtorrent. To do this, do the following: In the ./conf/home.conf.php file, write the following: Next, write the permissions for all the necessary folders and files: In order for everything to work, it is best to restart the server. If you want to access the web-interface from the local machine, just add the line

useradd rt
cd /home/rt
mkdir ./torrents
mkdir ./torrents/watch
mkdir ./torrents/doing
mkdir ./torrents/done
mkdir ./.rtsession
chown rt:rt /home/rt -R
chmod 777 /home/rt/torrents -R



cd
wget re-hash.ru/pub/rtorrent.tgz
tar xzf rtorrent.tgz
cp rtorrent /etc/init.d
chmod a+x /etc/init.d/rtorrent
update-rc.d rtorrent defaults 25



nano /home/rt/.rtorrent.rc



scgi_port = localhost:5000
min_peers = 40
max_peers = 1000
min_peers_seed = 10
max_peers_seed = 50
max_uploads = 15
directory = /home/rt/torrents/doing
session = /home/rt/.rtsession
schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=/home/rt/torrents/watch/*.torrent
schedule = tied_directory,5,5,start_tied=
schedule = untied_directory,5,5,close_untied=
on_finished = move_complete,"execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,/home/rt/torrents/done/ ;d.set_directory=/home/rt/torrents/done/"
on_start = link1,"create_link=tied,,.started"
on_stop = link1,"delete_link=tied,,.started"
on_finished = link1,"create_link=tied,,.finished"
on_erase = link1,"delete_link=tied,,.finished"
schedule = low_diskspace,5,60,close_low_diskspace=100M
port_range = 63963-63963
port_random = no
check_hash = yes
use_udp_trackers = yes
encryption = allow_incoming,try_outgoing,enable_retry
dht = auto
dht_port = 63982




SCGIMount /RPC2 127.0.0.1:5000


SuexecUserGroup rt rt
ServerName torrent
#ServerAlias www.torrent
DocumentRoot /var/www/torrent/www
CustomLog /var/www/torrent/access.log combined
ErrorLog /var/www/torrent/error.log

Options FollowSymLinks Includes MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

#ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/torrent/cgi-bin/"




mkdir /var/www/torrent/www
cd /var/www/torrent/www
svn co svn://canbruixa.homelinux.net/repos/trunk/wtorrent/
mv * ..
cd ..
rmdir wtorrent
mkdir data
nano ./conf/home.conf.php



define( 'URL', 'http://torrent/' );
define( 'BASE', 'http://torrent/' );
define( 'DB_FILE', 'db/database.db');
define( 'RT_HOST', 'localhost');
define( 'RT_PORT', 80);
define( 'RT_DIR', 'RPC2/');
define( 'RT_AUTH', false);
define( 'RT_USER', '');
define( 'RT_PASSWD', '');
define( 'NO_MULTICALL', true);
define( 'DIR_TORRENTS', 'torrents/');
define( 'DIR_EXEC', '/var/www/torrent/www');
define( 'PERM_TORRENTS', 0777);
define( 'DIR_DOWNLOAD', '/home/rt/doing');
define( 'DIR_LANG', 'home/lang/' );
define( 'DIR_TPL', 'home/tpl/' );
define( 'DIR_TPL_COMPILE', 'tpl_c/' );
define( 'DIR_TPL_HTML', 'home/html/' );
define( 'DIR_BACKUP', 'backup/' );
define( 'DIR_UPLOAD', 'torrents/');
define( 'TITLE', 'wTorrent' );
define( 'META_TITLE', 'rTorrent web interface' );
define( 'META_KEYWORDS', 'rtorrent xmlrpc interface php web html' );
define( 'META_DESCRIPTION', 'rtorrent web inrface using xmlrpc' );
define( 'DIR_CSS_DETALLS', 'home/css/detalls.css' );
define( 'DIR_CSS_ESTIL', 'home/css/estil.css' );
define( 'DIR_JS', 'home/js/javasc.js' );
define( 'DIR_JSHADE', 'home/js/shadedborder.js' );
define( 'DIR_JSPROTO', 'home/js/prototype.js' );
define( 'DIR_SCRIPTACULOUS','home/js/scriptaculous/scriptaculous.js');
define( 'DIR_FAVICO', 'favicon.ico' );
define( 'DIR_IMG', 'home/img/' );
define( 'SRC_INDEX', 'index.php' );
define( 'SCRAMBLE', false);
define( 'APP', 'wTorrent' );
require_once( 'lib/inc/includes.inc.php' );
autoload( 'lib/cls/', 'cls/', 'home/cls/' );
ini_set( 'include_path', DIR_EXEC );
?>



chown -R rt:rt /var/www/torrent/www
chown -R www-data:www-data db torrents tpl_c
chmod data 755
touch ./db/database.db



127.0.0.1 torrent

to the / etc / hosts file. If you want to access the interface from another machine, add the above line to the hosts on it, replacing 127.0.0.1 with the IP of the machine with rtorrent.

After rebooting, open the torrent / install.php URL in the browser and complete the installation. You can leave everything by default, except for the username and password, of course. After installation, do not forget to kill the file /var/www/torrent/www/install.php.

If I forgot something, I will answer in the comments. I would be grateful for the constructive comments on this manual.