Help installing rutorrent

evo2 · 06-17-2014, 01:30 AM

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Red Squirrel

ok managed to find how to add that repo. I got rtorrent standalone to work,

Great.

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but how do I make it have the xmlrpc extension that rutorrent requires? When I compile from source I would add a flag, but how do I do that with yum?

As I said before, "there are plenty of howtos and documentation for building rpms from srpms" (srpm means source-rpm). I don't have a link to one right now, but a little search on your part should provide what you need.

Evo2.

Red Squirrel · 06-17-2014, 01:34 AM

So it looks like it wants /RPC2 to be accessible on the web server. I can make that folder, but what is suppose to be there, what is it trying to access?

In rutorrent webui:

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Bad response from server: (404 [error,list]) <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <html><head> <title>404 Not Found</title> </head><body> <h1>Not Found</h1> <p>The requested URL /RPC2 was not found on this server.</p> <hr> <address>Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Server at p2p.loc Port 80</address> </body></html>

If I look at my webserver logs I can see it's trying to access /RPC2. What do I have to put there?

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[error] [client 10.1.2.10] File does not exist: /localdata/www/RPC2, referer: http://p2p.loc/rutorrent/

evo2 · 06-17-2014, 02:09 AM

Hi,

that is how the web gui communicates with the rtorrent backend. Presumably you need to configure your running rtorrent instance to listen on a port and then configure apache SCGIMount that at /TPC2. This should be in the documentation for the web front end you are using.

Evo2.

Red Squirrel · 06-17-2014, 05:29 PM

I'm not finding anything so far that mentions having to create that folder or what I'm suppose to put in it. I created it but obviously blank does not work. Guessing I need to put something in it. Most tutorials seem to assume everything is going to work right out of the box and start by showing you how to actually use it, not install it, other than a few ./configure make make install commands... which in my case did not work, but was able to use yum with that 3rd party repo. Guessing there's probably something else I have to install in that rpc2 folder.

I just found this:

https://code.google.com/p/rutorrent/...VER#SCGI_setup

Mentions I need an apache module called libapache2-mod-scgi but of course, can't seem to find it in yum. I wish Linux devs would code stuff so it's self contained in one app instead of having so many dependencies and steps just to make it work.

Red Squirrel · 06-17-2014, 06:10 PM

Managed to find the module source online. Problem is, it wants to use apsx command instead of make install. Make install just calls that command. I don't have that command. (ARG!) now where do I get that command?

Red Squirrel · 06-17-2014, 06:48 PM

Ok after tons of research and trial and error I seem to have gotten it to work. Wow, what a pain. Seems rtorrent wont do magnets though, oh well, my previous seedbox with deluge did not do magnets either.

evo2 · 06-17-2014, 06:54 PM

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Red Squirrel

I'm not finding anything so far that mentions having to create that folder or what I'm suppose to put in it. I created it but obviously blank does not work.

AFIAK, you don't create it, apache does once it is configured correctly.

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Guessing I need to put something in it.

I think not.

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Most tutorials seem to assume everything is going to work right out of the box and start by showing you how to actually use it, not install it, other than a few ./configure make make install commands...
which in my case did not work, but was able to use yum with that 3rd party repo. Guessing there's probably something else I have to install in that rpc2 folder.

I just found this:

https://code.google.com/p/rutorrent/...VER#SCGI_setup

Mentions I need an apache module called libapache2-mod-scgi but of course, can't seem to find it in yum.

That is the name of the Debian package - you are running CentOS. Not sure how you searched with yum. Did you try the following?

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yum provides '*/mod_scgi.so'

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I wish Linux devs would code stuff so it's self contained in one app instead of having so many dependencies and steps just to make it work.

Linux devs? You don't like shared libraries? Or you don't like how source packages are often distributed as multiple binary packages? Or you don't like how it can required some effort and reading if you want to install random 3rd party software?

Not sure how you searched with yum. Did you try the following?

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yum provides '*/mod_scgi.so'

Evo2.

Red Squirrel · 06-17-2014, 07:06 PM

I was using "yum search". What does provides do?

And I HATE shared libraries. DLL Hell. It's worse in Linux than it's in Windows. I've written apps myself but I always ensure they are self contained. A single g++ command and it's compiled. Typically I just put a setup.sh script that does everything else such as create initial config files.

evo2 · 06-17-2014, 07:21 PM

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Red Squirrel

I was using "yum search". What does provides do?

.. finds what package provides a given file.

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And I HATE shared libraries.

Then perhaps you should use a different OS.

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DLL Hell. It's worse in Linux than it's in Windows.

That's why we have packages, and package managers with automatic dependency resolution and quality packages provided by the distributions.

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I've written apps myself but I always ensure they are self contained.

Hmm, "apps". Not "software", "programs" or "libraries".

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A single g++ command and it's compiled. Typically I just put a setup.sh script that does everything else such as create initial config files.

Each to their own I guess.

Evo2.