This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install bittorrent-tracker on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have a working internet connection and have administrative privileges.
Bittorrent-tracker is a Node.js application, so the first step is to install Node.js. You can install Node.js using the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt install -y nodejs
Once the installation is complete, verify that Node.js is installed by typing the following command in the terminal:
node --version
This should display the version number of Node.js installed on your system.
Now that we have Node.js installed, we can proceed with the installation of bittorrent-tracker. You can do this by using the npm (Node Package Manager) tool. Type the following command in the terminal:
sudo npm install -g bittorrent-tracker
This will install bittorrent-tracker globally on your system.
To verify that bittorrent-tracker has been installed correctly, type the following command in the terminal:
bittorrent-tracker --version
This should display the version number of bittorrent-tracker that you just installed.
By default, bittorrent-tracker will listen on port 8000. If you need to change the port number, you can do so by passing the --port option when running the tracker.
To start the tracker, run the following command in the terminal:
bittorrent-tracker
This will start the tracker and it will listen on the default port of 8000.
To test if the tracker is working correctly, you can use any BitTorrent client that supports trackers. You can create a torrent file and include the URL of your tracker. Then, share this torrent file and try downloading it on a client that supports trackers.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured bittorrent-tracker on Elementary OS Latest.
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