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How to install TorrentFlux on Ubuntu Linux

TorrentFlux is a PHP based BitTorrent client. Now that I have a server, may as well use that as a seeder/downloader all the time. I'm using an updated version of Flight5 Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06.

The prerequisite is LAMP (Linux Apache Mysql PHP). So let's install that first.

Install Apache 2:

Now type http://myComputerName/apache2-default/ to test that it works. You should get the test page.

Install MySQL:

After that, run this script to initialize MySQL and don't forget to change the root password. This root is NOT the same as the root user on your Linux machine:

Install the latest version of PHP, which at the present moment is 5:

Let's restart Apache just for fun and to make sure all the setting are loaded properly:

If you don't already have BitTorrent, then install that as well:

Now create a folder to host your torrentflux.

Now go and download Torrentflux from http://www.torrentflux.com

and follow the instruction in the INSTALL file.

Ok, so now we have to add a database to MySQL. I'm going to install PHPMyAdmin because it's easy and nice to configure.

or you can do things command line style:

Now exit MySQL, and again, you can run the following script from PHPMyAdmin, or from the commandline:

Now I'm going to make my default torrent directory and chmod 777 to make it *fully* accessable. Don't to this in your root directory:

Now edit the torrentflux config.php file located in the /var/www/torrentflux directory to reflect this change. The variable to edit is $cfg["path"]

I also edited the line:

to

I also updated the password variable $cfg["db_pass"].

Now copy the TF_BitTornado directory to your /usr/local/ directory. Or anywhere, so long as you update the config.php file. And then set the 2 python files to executable.

Now restart MySQL and Apache just to make sure that if we ever reboot in the future, we don't get any surprises. Plus, this way we know all our config files are being read again.

Now you should be able to go to your server's name on your LAN and type:

And you will get the login prompt. Login and do your thing. Remember though that if you are downloading from a private tracker, you will have to download and save the torrent seed to your hard drive, and then "upload" it in torrentflux.

Enjoy!

UPDATE: I can't select where to download the file!! This sucks. If I don't find a workaround, and I need to write a hack. I'll be pissed. I don't have time for this. I think I've written Hello World once in PHP. So seriously. I don't have time for this.