Here is a simple copy and paste info for installing b4rt on ubuntu 10.04. Im sure this will work on many other ubuntu distro’s. This is not a complete guide for someone who is not familiar with ubuntu command line. Just a quick reference for copy and paste using windows and putty as the command machine.
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install apache2
apt-get install mysql-server phpmyadmin
apt-get install bzip2 php5-cli php5-gd zip unzip unrar libxml-dom-perl libxml-simple-perl libhtml-parser-perl libdigest-sha1-perl bittorrent bittornado vlc-nox uudeview wget transmission-cli perl python libthreads-shared-perl
((((((((((( webmin )))))))))))))
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.580_all.deb
dpkg –i webmin_1.580_all.deb
(((((( if you are missing dependencies ))))))))))))
apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl apt-show-versions python
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
change to a temp directory like /home/temp or something
mkdir command mkdir /home/temp
cd /home/temp
wget http://prdownload.berlios.de/tf-b4rt/torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2.tar.bz2
(or alternativly from http://gunblade.fakap.net/doc/torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2.tar.bz2)
wget the latest version.
Extract it:
# tar xjvf torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2.tar.bz2
# cd torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2
Copy the “html” folder to the web root:
# cp -R html /var/www/b4rt
Change owner:
# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/b4rt/inc/config/
Create a download directory:
# mkdir /var/b4rt/
# chown www-data:www-data /var/b4rt/
4.3 Install torrentflux-b4rt
Open your new torrentflux-b4rt website:
https://xx.xx.xx.xx/b4rt or
http://xx.xx.xx.xx/b4rt
There will be a wizard to guide you threw the installation:
– select type of database: MySQL
– enter your MySQL database settings below: (as created in 3.2)
Host: localhost
Name: b4rt
Username: b4rt
Password:
UNCHECK the “Create Database” option! CHECK the “Use Persistent Connection” option.
Follow the wizard… (next, next, next …)
– Server Settings
User Download Path: /var/b4rt (as created in 4.2)
– Check System Tools
Ignore the “NOT FOUND” on “cksfv”. Continue. Next …
– Setup Completed
Delete the /var/www/b4rt/setup.php:
# rm /var/www/b4rt/setup.php
4.4 Finish the installation
https://xx.xx.xx.xx/b4rt or
http://xx.xx.xx.xx/b4rt
Login with your credentials (user, password).