Exatorrent is a powerful and lightweight BitTorrent client that is written in Node.js. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install and setup exatorrent on your Elementary OS.
Before installing exatorrent on your computer, you need to have Node.js installed first. To install the latest version of Node.js, open a terminal and run the following command:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Once Node.js is installed, you can verify the installation by typing the following command:
node -v
The next step is to clone exatorrent from the GitHub repository using the Git command. To do this, open a terminal and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/varbhat/exatorrent.git
Once you have cloned exatorrent, navigate to the directory by using the following command:
cd exatorrent
Then, install the necessary dependencies by running the following command:
npm install
After all the dependencies have been installed, start exatorrent by running the following command:
npm start
Once exatorrent is running, you can access it by opening a web browser and entering the following URL: http://localhost:3000/.
You can configure exatorrent by modifying the config.json file. For example, you can change the default download directory by modifying the download-dir property.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install exatorrent on your Elementary OS computer. With exatorrent, you can now easily download and manage torrents on your computer.
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