Torrent client for Raspberry Pi

[sim_tcr]

Hello,

I am a new user to the community.
I am planning to order a Raspberry Pi for my personal use.
I understand that loading windows OS on Raspberry is still not possible.
Are any of the OS images provided under the downloads page has a build in torrent client?
If not is it possible to install one by our self?

Thanks,
Simon Mandy

[lsbx22]

get the debian image and open the terminal console and run:

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sudo apt-get -y install transmission transmission-daemon nano

then start transmission then stop it

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service transmission start && service transmission stop

then edit the configuration file

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nano .config/transmission/settings.json

edit the respective lines to:

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    "rpc-whitelist-enabled": false,
    "rpc-enabled": true,  

after you are done customising your settings file, type CTRL +X to save it
then type

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service transmission start

to start the server

you can then open the server management by typing in your browser the ip address (or hostname) with :9091 as the port

[tahuds]

Will this save the configuration over a reboot cycle?

[sim_tcr]

get the debian image and open the terminal console and run:

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sudo apt-get -y install transmission transmission-daemon nano

then start transmission then stop it

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service transmission start && service transmission stop

then edit the configuration file

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nano .config/transmission/settings.json

edit the respective lines to:

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    "rpc-whitelist-enabled": false,
    "rpc-enabled": true,  

after you are done customising your settings file, type CTRL +X to save it
then type

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service transmission start

to start the server

you can then open the server management by typing in your browser the ip address (or hostname) with :9091 as the port

Thank you. I cant wait to try this. My pi is yet to arrive.

[Leestons]

For the above instructions they won't work, you need to type transmission-daemon rather than transmission. Otherwise you will just get "Service not found"

You will also need to run the commands as root or put sudo before them

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sudo service transmission-daemon start

The above guide still didn't work, after some time on google I found you were editing the wrong file

instead of

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.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json

edit

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/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json

[xcorex]

Leestons is right. You may prefer transmission-daemon over transmission (transmission-gtk/transmission-qt). Another option is rtorrent.
Transmission-daemon is, obviously, a daemon and depends of transmission-common, a web client.
rtorrent is a command line client, very light and efficient. You will need to customize it as a daemon by hand and install a web client if you want.
Make your choice.

[sim_tcr]

pi@raspberrypi /etc/transmission-daemon $ sudo service transmission-daemon status
[ ok ] transmission-daemon is running.

When i try to browse http://192.168.1.3:9091 i get an authentication promt. i tried pi as username and raspberry as password. But it did not work.

Any thoughts?

[Leestons]

pi@raspberrypi /etc/transmission-daemon $ sudo service transmission-daemon status
[ ok ] transmission-daemon is running.

When i try to browse http://192.168.1.3:9091 i get an authentication promt. i tried pi as username and raspberry as password. But it did not work.

Any thoughts?

Change the password at /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json

[diablopop]

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[sim_tcr]

pi@raspberrypi /etc/transmission-daemon $ sudo service transmission-daemon status
[ ok ] transmission-daemon is running.

When i try to browse http://192.168.1.3:9091 i get an authentication promt. i tried pi as username and raspberry as password. But it did not work.

Any thoughts?

Change the password at /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json

I tried to change ,
"rpc-password": "raspberry",
"rpc-username": "pi",

But when i restart transmission daemon, above values are going back to original.

"rpc-password": "{0082efcb658c70808999caa271479eb704c91265DokKaybY",
"rpc-username": "transmission",

Please help

[azeam]

Stop the daemon before you edit the config file and then start it again.

[sim_tcr]

I am still not successful in accessing transmission client web url. I see below error message when i try to http://<ip>:9091

403: Forbidden
Unauthorized IP Address.
Either disable the IP address whitelist or add your address to it.
If you're editing settings.json, see the 'rpc-whitelist' and 'rpc-whitelist-enabled' entries.
If you're still using ACLs, use a whitelist instead. See the transmission-daemon manpage for details.


I am also posting the contents of my settings.json . Can someone please have a look and tell me whats wrong with my setup?

{
"alt-speed-down": 50,
"alt-speed-enabled": false,
"alt-speed-time-begin": 540,
"alt-speed-time-day": 127,
"alt-speed-time-enabled": false,
"alt-speed-time-end": 1020,
"alt-speed-up": 50,
"bind-address-ipv4": "0.0.0.0",
"bind-address-ipv6": "::",
"blocklist-enabled": false,
"blocklist-url": "http://www.example.com/blocklist",
"cache-size-mb": 4,
"dht-enabled": true,
"download-dir": "/var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads",
"download-limit": 100,
"download-limit-enabled": 0,
"download-queue-enabled": true,
"download-queue-size": 5,
"encryption": 1,
"idle-seeding-limit": 30,
"idle-seeding-limit-enabled": false,
"incomplete-dir": "/root/Downloads",
"incomplete-dir-enabled": false,
"lpd-enabled": false,
"max-peers-global": 200,
"message-level": 2,
"peer-congestion-algorithm": "",
"peer-limit-global": 240,
"peer-limit-per-torrent": 60,
"peer-port": 51413,
"peer-port-random-high": 65535,
"peer-port-random-low": 49152,
"peer-port-random-on-start": false,
"peer-socket-tos": "default",
"pex-enabled": true,
"port-forwarding-enabled": false,
"preallocation": 1,
"prefetch-enabled": 1,
"queue-stalled-enabled": true,
"queue-stalled-minutes": 30,
"ratio-limit": 2,
"ratio-limit-enabled": false,
"rename-partial-files": true,
"rpc-authentication-required": true,
"rpc-bind-address": "0.0.0.0",
"rpc-enabled": true,
"rpc-password": "{29c6ec5ca758c6f26c351dae3a51397f1a27aee1uZBiBJBA",
"rpc-port": 9091,
"rpc-url": "/transmission/",
"rpc-username": "pi",
"rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1",
"rpc-whitelist-enabled": true,
"scrape-paused-torrents-enabled": true,
"script-torrent-done-enabled": false,
"script-torrent-done-filename": "",
"seed-queue-enabled": false,
"seed-queue-size": 10,
"speed-limit-down": 100,
"speed-limit-down-enabled": false,
"speed-limit-up": 100,
"speed-limit-up-enabled": false,
"start-added-torrents": true,
"trash-original-torrent-files": false,
"umask": 18,
"upload-limit": 100,
"upload-limit-enabled": 0,
"upload-slots-per-torrent": 14,
"utp-enabled": true
}

[azeam]

You need to add the IP address of the computer you are accessing the daemon from in

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"rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1",

Separate them with a comma - for example

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"rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1,192.168.0.2",

You can also use wildcards:

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"rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1,192.168.*.*",

And if you don't want a whitelist (so that all IP addresses can access the daemon) change

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"rpc-whitelist-enabled": true,

to

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"rpc-whitelist-enabled": false,

[sim_tcr]

I managed to make transmission working with the help of http://www.webupd8.org/2009/12/setting- ... ui-in.html
2 times the pi crashed after few time i left the transmission running to download a movie.
I suspect that transmission's cpu utilization and memory utilization is high. top command shows transmission is utilizing 6 to 10% (or even 20% sometimes) of CPU. Memory utilization is 3.4%. Could it be the reason my pi is crashing?

[dom]

smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N should be added to cmdline.txt if you are using torrents. See:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/153

[sim_tcr]

smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N should be added to cmdline.txt if you are using torrents. See:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/153

should i perform below?
sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/smscnonturbo.conf
and add line options smsc95xx turbo_mode=N

[sim_tcr]

smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N should be added to cmdline.txt if you are using torrents. See:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/153

should i perform below?
sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/smscnonturbo.conf
and add line options smsc95xx turbo_mode=N

I understood what you said, I added smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N to /boot/cmdline.txt and rebooted. WIll let you know if that fixed the issue.

[sim_tcr]

smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N should be added to cmdline.txt if you are using torrents. See:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/153

should i perform below?
sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/smscnonturbo.conf
and add line options smsc95xx turbo_mode=N

I understood what you said, I added smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N to /boot/cmdline.txt and rebooted. WIll let you know if that fixed the issue.

Nothing resolved my issue.
But i switched from wireless to Ethernet and it working fine.

[orca]

add "smsc95xx turbo_mode=N" is not useful for my Raspberry Pi while using transmission-daemon
It still crashed.

I add four heat sinks on top of the ICs (on PCB board) and remove "smsc95xx turbo_mode=N" in /boot/cmdlines, and now it doesn't crash, just perfect.

[sim_tcr]

I use transmission-gt (GUI client on a VNC session). Pi Never Crashes.

[catbehemoth]

a question

i changed the default download directory
"download-dir": "/var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads",
to
"download-dir": "/home/pi/Downloads",

when i add a torrent via WebUI i get write permission problem , how can i allow transmission-daemon to write into this directory?

i've tried to run daemon as a pi user still the same problem. this is the limit of my linux knowledge=)

thank you.

[pevans91]

I'm having the same problem,

Cannot write into the directory where I want to save my downloads

Any help would be appreciated!

[abhishek2386]

Friends you can try the complete guide posted here http://www.techjawab.com/2014/08/how-to ... on-on.html

[jochenstacker]

I have installed full Transmission on my Pi and then connect to the desktop using Xtightvncviewer.
That way Transmission works the same as on my Debian system, except via remote desktop and I find managing multiple torrents and moving files and folders around a bit easier.
Check out this very useful article:
http://www.penguintutor.com/linux/tightvnc
Will give the web based version a blast and see how that goes. Because other than Transmission I manage the Pi fully via SSH.

[izabellaman]

I want to start transmission on boot with all torrents paused. I cannot for the life of me figure it out. Any ideas? I'm running raspbian. Thank you