In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Rapidbay on OpenBSD. Rapidbay is an open-source BitTorrent search engine and file manager that allows you to download torrents and manage the files without leaving your browser. If you use OpenBSD as your operating system and want to install Rapidbay to search and download torrents, this tutorial will be helpful.
To install Rapidbay on OpenBSD, you need:
Before installing Rapidbay, you need to install some dependencies on your OpenBSD system using the following command.
$ doas pkg_add libffi libressl py3-pip
After installing the required dependencies, you need to download the Rapidbay source code from the GitHub repository. Just use the git command to clone the repository using the following command.
$ git clone https://github.com/hauxir/rapidbay.git
After downloading the Rapidbay source code, you need to install the required Python packages using the following command.
$ cd rapidbay && pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Finally, you can start the Rapidbay server using the following command.
$ python3 rapidbay.py
Now, you can browse Rapidbay on your OpenBSD system by visiting the URL http://localhost:8080/ in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Rapidbay on OpenBSD. Now, you can start using Rapidbay to search and download your favourite torrents. We hope you found this tutorial helpful.
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