How to Install Bittorrent-Tracker on EndeavourOS Latest

Introduction

Bittorrent-tracker is a lightweight and efficient BitTorrent tracker designed for use on embedded systems. It is developed by webtorrent.io and is a great choice for those who are looking for an easy-to-use, stable and reliable tracker. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install bittorrent-tracker on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

To install bittorrent-tracker, you need to have the following prerequisites:

• Root access to your system
• Basic knowledge of the Linux command line
• Node.js and npm installed on your system

Step 1: Install Node.js and NPM

The first step is to install Node.js and NPM. To do this, open a terminal and run the following command:

sudo pacman -S nodejs npm

This command will install Node.js and npm on your system.

Step 2: Install Bittorrent-Tracker

Once Node.js and NPM are installed, you can proceed to install bittorrent-tracker. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo npm install -g bittorrent-tracker

This command will install bittorrent-tracker globally on your system.

Step 3: Configure Bittorrent-Tracker

Before you run bittorrent-tracker, you need to configure it. To do this, create a configuration file by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/bittorrent-tracker.conf

In this file, you can configure various aspects of bittorrent-tracker, such as the port number, the database file path, and the log file path.

Here's an example configuration file:

{
    "port": 6969,
    "trustProxy": false,
    "interval": 1800,
    "http": true,
    "udp": true,
    "websocket": false,
    "udp6": false,
    "http6": false,
    "stats": true,
    "statsInterval": 60,
    "static": false,
    "debug": false,
    "db": {
        "type": "leveldb",
        "path": "/var/lib/bittorrent-tracker",
        "leveldb": {
            "compression": true,
            "cacheSize": 100 * 1024 * 1024,
            "writeBufferSize": 10 * 1024 * 1024
        }
    },
    "logFile": "/var/log/bittorrent-tracker.log"
}

Once you've configured bittorrent-tracker to your liking, save and exit the file.

Step 4: Start Bittorrent-Tracker

Now that bittorrent-tracker is installed and configured, you can start it by running the following command:

bittorrent-tracker --config /etc/bittorrent-tracker.conf

This command will start bittorrent-tracker and load your configuration file.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install bittorrent-tracker on EndeavourOS Latest. By following these steps, you should be able to easily set up and configure a reliable BitTorrent tracker on your system.

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