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http://markus.revti.com/2009/11/installing-libtorrent-and-rtorrent-on-linux-centos/

As requested by one of my blog reader, I write this libTorrent and rTorrent installation tutorial :) I’m installing libTorrent and rTorrent on a Xen based VPS with Linux Centos 5.4

From the project’s website:

LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with a focus on high performance and good code. The library differentiates itself from other implementations by transfering directly from file pages to the network stack. On high-bandwidth connections it is able to seed at 3 times the speed of the official client.

To install libTorrent and rTorrent first we install the compiler and dependencies required

yum install gcc gcc-c++ m4 make automake libtool pkgconfig perl openssl-devel ncurses-devel

1	yum install gcc gcc - c ++ m4 make automake libtool pkgconfig perl openssl - devel ncurses - devel

Download curl, libsigc++, libtorrent and rtorrent

wget http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.19.7.tar.gz wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libsigc++/2.2/libsigc++-2.2.4.tar.gz wget http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/downloads/libtorrent-0.12.5.tar.gz wget http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/downloads/rtorrent-0.8.5.tar.gz

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wget http : / / curl .haxx .se / download / curl - 7.19.7.tar.gz wget http : / / ftp .gnome .org / pub / GNOME / sources / libsigc ++ / 2.2 / libsigc ++ - 2.2.4.tar.gz wget http : / / libtorrent .rakshasa .no / downloads / libtorrent - 0.12.5.tar.gz wget http : / / libtorrent .rakshasa .no / downloads / rtorrent - 0.8.5.tar.gz

Extract curl, libsigc++, libtorrent and rtorrent

tar -xvzf curl-7.19.7.tar.gz tar -xvzf libsigc++-2.2.4.tar.gz tar -xvzf libtorrent-0.12.5.tar.gz tar -xvzf rtorrent-0.8.5.tar.gz

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tar - xvzf curl - 7.19.7.tar.gz tar - xvzf libsigc ++ - 2.2.4.tar.gz tar - xvzf libtorrent - 0.12.5.tar.gz tar - xvzf rtorrent - 0.8.5.tar.gz

Compile curl

cd curl-7.19.7 ./configure make make install

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cd curl - 7.19.7 . / configure make make install

Compile libsigc++

cd libsigc++-2.2.4 ./configure make make install

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cd libsigc ++ - 2.2.4 . / configure make make install

Compile libtorrent

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig cd libtorrent-0.12.5 rm -f scripts/{libtool,lt*}.m4 ./autogen.sh ./configure make make install

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export PKG_CONFIG_PATH = / usr / local / lib / pkgconfig cd libtorrent - 0.12.5 rm - f scripts / { libtool , lt * } .m4 . / autogen .sh . / configure make make install

Compile rtorrent

cd rtorrent-0.8.5 rm -f scripts/{libtool,lt*}.m4 ./autogen.sh ./configure make make install

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cd rtorrent - 0.8.5 rm - f scripts / { libtool , lt * } .m4 . / autogen .sh . / configure make make install

Download rtorrent sample configuration and rename it

wget http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/export/1105/trunk/rtorrent/doc/rtorrent.rc mv rtorrent.rc .rtorrent.rc

1 2	wget http : / / libtorrent .rakshasa .no / export / 1105 / trunk / rtorrent / doc / rtorrent .rc mv rtorrent .rc .rtorrent .rc

You have to modify the content of .rtorrent.rc file to configure the settings of rTorrent as you needed and place the file into your user directory.

To download from torrent we need the .torrent file, for example to download Centos 5.4 DVD installation I run the command:

rtorrent http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/CentOS/5.4/isos/i386/CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-DVD.torrent

1	rtorrent http : / / ftp .nluug .nl / ftp / pub / os / Linux / distr / CentOS / 5.4 / isos / i386 / CentOS - 5.4 - i386 - bin - DVD .torrent

The screenshot of rTorrent downloading file