After completing the basic setup of the Raspberry Pi, networking it to internet, attaching an external HDD and configuring it to work as an Network Attached Storage (NAS) we all all set to install the cross-platform Transmission Torrent Client of the RasPi to get our cheap seedbox working. The Raspberry Pi is a fantastic maker board with tons of potential. It's simple to get started with, and incredibly functional. Because of its low power consumption, the Raspberry Pi remains ideal for use as an always-on PC. As such, running a media or file server works well on a Pi. Similarly, the Raspberry Pi presents ideal hardware for a torrent box.
In this post we will tell about how to run popular torrent client uTorrent on Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi 3 are based on ARM microprocessor which is not supported by uTorrent. But it is possible to run uTorrent on Raspberry Pi 2 using virtual machine called ExaGear Desktop which allows to run x86 apps on Raspberry Pi 2/3. Below is simple instruction how to run uTorrent on your RPi and make from your RPi uTorrent server. |
Raspberry Pi test stand configuration
Model | Raspberry Pi 2 Model B |
Frequency | 900 MHz |
Memory | 1 GB RAM |
Operating System | Raspbian from May 2015 |
Software | uTorrent Server 3.3 Eltechs ExaGear Desktop for Raspberry Pi 2 v1.1 |
uTorrent installation instruction
Install ExaGear Desktop
1. Download ExaGear Desktop archive with installation packages and license key. Open command-line Terminal and unpack downloaded archive using the following command:
2. Install and activate ExaGear on your ARM device by running install-exagear.sh script in a directory with deb packages and one license key:
Launch guest x86 system
3. Enter the guest x86 system using the following command:
4. Now you are in x86 environment that can be checked by running ‘arch’ command:
5. It is recommended to update apt-get repositories on the first launch of the guest system:
Install uTorrent
6. Download the latest uTorrent Server from here: http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/linux
You need to download uTorrent Server for Debian 32-bit.
7. Extract uTorrent Files to the /opt directory:
8. Set permission on uTorrent Server folder:
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9. Run the command to link uTorrent Server to the /user/bin directory:
Run uTorrent
10. Start uTorrent Server:
Note: If you get an error about libssl.so package missing, run the command below to install it, then try starting uTorrent Server again:
11. Open Firefox and browse to the URL: http://localhost:8080/gui
Raspberry Pi Bittorrent Client
The username is admin and leave the password field empty.
Final notes
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It is worth to note that with ExaGear Desktop you can run other x86 apps on Raspberry Pi 2. ExaGear also supports first generation of Raspberry Pi and another ARM-based devices such as Odroid, Banana Pi, Beagleboard, Cubox, Jetson, Cubieboard etc.