courtesy of muffs69.
This guide is made for users that have their own dedicated server / virtual private server (i.e. a Seedbox).
You will need root access to use this howto!
There are probably faster/better ways to do this, but this should work on most distros.
Tested on : Centos 5, Debian, Ubuntu.
Installing libsigc++ :
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libsigc++/2.0/libsigc++-2.0.17.tar.gz
tar -zxvf libsigc++-2.0.17.tar.gz
./configure -prefix=/usr –bindir=/usr/bin –sbindir=/usr/sbin
make
make install
Installing libtorrent : :
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/downloads/libtorrent-0.11.6.tar.gz
tar -zxvf libtorrent-0.11.6.tar.gz
./configure -prefix=/usr –bindir=/usr/bin –sbindir=/usr/sbin
make
make install
Installing libcurl : :
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.16.4.tar.gz
tar -zxvf curl-7.16.4.tar.gz
cd curl-7.16.4
./configure -prefix=/usr –bindir=/usr/bin –sbindir=/usr/sbin
make
make install
Installing rtorrent :
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/downloads/rtorrent-0.7.6.tar.gz
tar -zxvf rtorrent-0.7.6.tar.gz
cd rtorrent-0.7.6
./configure -prefix=/usr –bindir=/usr/bin –sbindir=/usr/sbin
make
make install
Now we copy the .rc config to your regular user, mine is bob
cp /usr/local/src/rotrrent-0.7.6/doc/rtorrent.rc /home/bob/.rtorrent.rc
chown bob:bob /home/bob/.rtorrent.rc
Now we start the rtorrent client on our regular account screen rtorrent
screen rtorrent
if you don’t got screen, use regular ways to get screen, like yum install screen or install from source.
How to exit a screen rtorrent:
Hold Control Down, Press A then D
Installing Screen if needed:
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/gnu/screen/screen-4.0.2.tar.gz
tar -zxvf screen-4.0.2.tar.gz
cd screen-4.0.2
./configure
make
make install
How to use rTorrent:
See Rtorrent Manual http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/wiki/RTorrentUserGuide
Its also recommended to edit the .rtorrent.rc for tuning and port selection. It MAY also be needed to open the port for the rtorrent client in your firewall.
There’s always newer WebUI’s being developed, such as N2Hell, wtorrent, rTWi, and others. Check the http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/wiki/UtilsList page for updated 3rd party utilities and frontends.
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