Thread: [Tutorial] How to install plugins to rutorrent and .deb packages in ubuntu

I had problems how to install plugins to rutorrent but now I understand it. Thanks to the person who taught me.

In installing plugins for rutorrent, you just need to place the "folder of the plugin" to the "plugins" folder of rutorrent in your seedbox.

I think you need root access to be able to install plugins in your rutorrent.

You need SSH. You can download it from here. PuTTY Download Page

1. Login to your seedbox through SSH.

2. To be able to access root, type the command:

Code:

sudo su

3. Go to the plugins directory of your rutorrent. Usually it is located in var/www/rutorrent/plugins. Enter the command:

Code:

cd /var/www/rutorrent/plugins

4. If you're already in the plugins directory, we will now download the plugin you want.

For example, you want to install the plugin screenshots to your seedbox.

Enter the command:

Code:

wget http://rutorrent.googlecode.com/files/screenshots-3.4.tar.gz

General Form:

Code:

wget link-to-plugin

5. After downloading the plugin, we need to extract it.

Enter the command:

Code:

tar xfzv screenshots-3.4.tar.gz

General Form:

Code:

tar xfzv filename

6. If you want to delete the archive file since you've already extracted it, enter this command:

Code:

rm screenshots-3.4.tar.gz

General Form:

Code:

rm filename

You have now installed the screenshots plugin to your seedbox. :)

Note: You also need to install the _task plugin in your seedbox before you can use the screenshots plugin. Just follow the same steps that you used when you installed the screenshots plugin.

Note: You need to have ffmpeg installed in your seedbox before you can use the screenshots plugin.

To install ffmpeg in your seedbox, just type:

Code:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

or

Code:

apt-get install ffmpeg

Now that you have installed ffmpeg and _task, you can now use screenshots without any problems. :)

Here's the settings page of the screenshots plugin in rutorrent:



This part of the tutorial will teach you how to download and install .deb packages in your seedbox whenever the need arises.

Some plugins require other stuff aside from the plugin itself. Just like the screenshots plugin, we installed ffmpeg first before we can use it.

Another example of a plugin that you can't use by just installing the plugin itself is mediainfo. We first need to install some stuff before we can use the mediainfo plugin for rutorrent.

To install the mediainfo plugin for rutorrent, just follow the steps above on how to install a plugin.

After installing the plugin, we still need to install some files to your seedbox.

Note: The links I'm going to use here are for Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit. You need to change them if you're using a different version of Ubuntu.

In order for mediainfo to work, we need to install libzen0, libmediainfo0 and CLI.



Note: You don't need to go to the /var/www/rutorrent/plugins folder. You can do it immediately after you enter the command:

Code:

sudo su

The step in downloading these files is just the same as downloading a plugin for rutorrent.

Code:

wget "http://sourceforge.net/projects/mediainfo/files/binary/libmediainfo0/0.7.57/libmediainfo0_0.7.57-1_amd64.Ubuntu_10.04.deb/download" -O libmediainfo.deb

As you can see, there's a "-O libmediainfo.deb" at the end of the command. We needed to add because sometimes the download page redirects the downloader to different pages and it sometimes messes up the filename of what we're downloading. "-O libmediainfo.deb" forces the filename of the file we downloaded to be "libmediainfo.deb" so that when we install it later, it will be clearer.

Code:

wget "http://sourceforge.net/projects/zenlib/files/ZenLib/0.4.26/libzen0_0.4.26-1_amd64.Ubuntu_10.04.deb/download" -O libzen.deb

Code:

wget "http://sourceforge.net/projects/mediainfo/files/binary/mediainfo/0.7.57/mediainfo_0.7.57-1_amd64.Debian_5.deb/download" -O mediainfo.deb

General Form:

Code:

wget link-to-file -O filename-you-want.deb

After you download all three files, we will now install/unpack them.

Enter the command:

Code:

dpkg -i libzen.deb libmediainfo.deb mediainfo.deb

General Form:

Code:

dpkg -i filename1.deb filename2.deb filename3.deb filename4.deb

(It depends on how many .deb packages you're planning to unpack.)

After doing all of these, you can now use mediainfo in your ruTorrent Web-GUI. :)

Here's another way to install mediainfo:

Code:

add-apt-repository ppa:shiki/mediainfo
apt-get update
apt-get install mediainfo

That will install mediainfo and all dependencies. A lot easier than manually downloading and installing deb packages.
Also, if you get an error about add-apt-repository command not being found simply run the command below, then retry.

Code:

apt-get install python-software-properties

Thanks to drauka for this alternative!

Enjoy! :) If you found any corrections in this tutorial or anything you want to add, just post it here or pm me and I will add it.

Here goes a shot of the screenshot plugin tab in rutorrent settings.



You set those values and then right click on a file > screenshots > save as.

Edit: Thanks a lot for the tutorial bongjebong, I've been trying to install those two plugins without success for a long time.

Great tutorial, one suggestion though, there's a much easier way to install mediainfo on Ubuntu:

Code:

add-apt-repository ppa:shiki/mediainfo
apt-get update
apt-get install mediainfo

That will install mediainfo and all dependencies. A lot easier than manually downloading and installing deb packages.
Also, if you get an error about add-apt-repository command not being found simply run the command below, then retry.

Code:

apt-get install python-software-properties