In this tutorial, we will walk you through the necessary steps to install BitTorrent-Tracker, from https://webtorrent.io/, on your Linux Mint system.
Before proceeding with the installation, ensure your system meets the following prerequisites:
The first step is to update and upgrade the existing packages on your system to ensure everything running smoothly. Open up a terminal window and run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
To run the BitTorrent-Tracker on your system, you will need to install Node.js. Run the command below to add a Node.js PPA repository to your system:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo -E bash -
After that, install Node.js and NPM using the command below:
sudo apt install -y nodejs
To verify if the installation is successful, run the command below:
node -v
npm -v
With Node.js and NPM installed, you can proceed to install BitTorrent-Tracker. Run the command below:
sudo npm -g install bittorrent-tracker
This command will install bittorrent-tracker globally, making it accessible across the system.
To test if BitTorrent-Tracker is up and running, create a torrent file on your local machine. You can use any torrent client of your choice to create the torrent file. Once you have the torrent file, run the tracker by executing this command:
bittorrent-tracker
This command will start the tracker running on port 8000. You should see output in the terminal that looks like this:
listening on http://0.0.0.0:8000/announce
Once the tracker is running, copy the tracker address and include it in your torrent file. You can then use any BitTorrent client to share your torrent file and the tracker will manage the connections between peers.
That's it! You have successfully installed and set up BitTorrent-Tracker on your Linux Mint system! You can now start sharing torrent files anywhere on the internet.
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