Installing uTorrent on a Leeware Walkthrough

Installing uTorrent on a Leeware

Updates
11-Apr: Added a bit of information on speed issues
3-Apr: Added a few more things on how to install uTorrent on a Leaseweb server.

TONS of people have been PMing me lately to set up their Leeware boxes, so I guess I should just post a guide on how to do it ;) This guide is intended for Leeware servers only, but it may work with other servers running RPM based distributions (aka distros) as well. Firstly, you need to get the following applications:

• Putty or any other SSH client
• FTP Client (with SFTP support) like CuteFTP, WinSCP, WS_FTP, etc.
• TightVNC or any other VNC Viewer

Now, follow instructions carefully.

1. Open up Putty. On the left tree, go to Session.
2. Under Hostname (or IP address) type your IP or hostname (i.e. vpsxxx.leeware.com)
3. Choose SSH (port 22)
4. Under Saved Sessions, type something like "My Leeware Box" and press Save. (Later on, you can just load the session, so you don't have to do the previous steps again)
5. Press Open.
6. Now, a black screen should come up (terminal/command prompt).
7. Enter your root account details - (username, password)
8. Notice, when you type in the password, nothing appears on the screen! That's not a bug - it's normal. Btw, you can also paste the password by right click (again, putty won't display anything on screen).
9. At this point, you should be logged on. Yay, we can install some stuff now.
10. Type yum -y install xterm wine vnc-server to install those 3 apps: xterm (a GUI terminal), wine (to emulate windows), and VNC server (to allow you to remote control your server with a GUI).
11. After a while, you should see that those 3 apps are installed.
12. Download uTorrent onto your server. Type wget http://download.utorrent.com/1.6.1/utorrent.exe
13. Start VNC server, type vncserver :1
14. Enter any password of your choice for the VNC server.
15. Now, VNC server should be started. So, you can login with VNC viewer (which you installed on YOUR PC).
16. The server address is: :1 or :1. (e.g. vps778.leeware.com:1)
17. Now, a desktop should appear with a terminal/command prompt on the top left hand corner.
18. Run uTorrent. Type wine utorrent.exe.
19. w00t! uTorrent should be up and running now. Also, you should go to preferences and change the settings to whatever you want. :D

But, what about webUI? Well, you can install the WebUI through SSH, but since lots of people asked me about how to get files from their box to their HDD, I'll just teach you how to do it using SFTP.

1. On uTorrent, go to preferences and on the side tree, go to Advanced >> WebUI - tick Enable Web Interface and also, put your desired username and password for the webUI.
2. I also recommend putting an alternative port (8080 is fine).
3. Now, use your FTP client and login to your server. Put SFTP as the mode, put in the hostname/IP and port should be the default 22.
4. Boom! You should see all the files in your server now.
5. Browse to /root/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/root/Application Data/uTorrent/
6. Get WebUI and extract webui.zip. Now, transfer webui.zip to the directory that I specified above (through SFTP of course). Btw, you usually just to drag and drop the file.
7. Voila! WebUI is installed.

:yahoo:

But, where is it, where's the WebUI?
Go to http://hostname:port/gui/ with your browser and login with your chosen username and password.
For example: http://vpsxxx.leeware.com:8080/gui/

More Frequently Asked Questions

Will uTorrent still run if I close VNC and Putty?
Yeah, it will still run. VNC and Putty is just to control your server.

How do I add torrents to the WebUI?
Well, that's simple - just press the (+) button on the WebUI. :) Alternatively, you might want to get this firefox extension so you can just drag and drop links from torrent sites.

Yeah, so I get all this. But how do I download stuff from the box to my server?
Use FTP. When you installed the WebUI, you're basically uploading webui.zip on to the server. Here, you do the reverse (Yeah, you can drag and drop).

GRRR! I'm getting slow speeds! What do I do? NEW!
If you used the speed guide on uTorrent and set it to xxx/100mbps, you should be getting the maximum speeds out of your leeware. You have to also remember that speeds depend on the torrent as well (I suggest you check peers list to see others' speeds). Other than that, I HAVE NO CLUE ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE SPEED (please don't PM me about this). Live with it, or if you're getting ridiculously low speeds then email lee.

OMG, Where does uTorrent save the files?
Wherever you set it to in Preferences. The default is /root/. (There's nothing wrong with the default directory btw, you don't need to change it.)

Sh*t, my server just crashed and WebUI ain't running anymore, what do I do?
Well, it's a simple process. Just login to your server using Putty. Type vncserver :1 to run VNC server again. Login to the VNC server using VNC viewer, and run uTorrent from the terminal - wine utorrent.exe. Now, everything should be fine. (For people who are more 1337 with Linux, if you want you can edit the VNC start up file (on ~/.vnc/ to run uTorrent automatically when VNC starts to make life easier).

How do I run Firefox and do other stuff on the server?
This guide is only for installing uTorrent and plus, on a Leeware, there's really no point installing Firefox and other applications because it's so slow (you get what you pay for).

What!!!?? There are no screenshots!!!
Yeah, not at the moment. I might add some later on.

Will you be making a guide for installing TorrentFlux, rTorrent, and etc?
No, IMO uTorrent is highly superior to the other clients. The WebUI is sexy ;)

I tried this on a Leaseweb Express server but it doesn't work.
Yeah, leaseweb servers doesn't have SFTP. The installation process is a bit more complicated. First, you need to add a repository (like RPMForge) which contains: xterm, wine, vnc-server and etc. You also need to install fonts (msttcorefonts) and you'd need to install WebUI by using wget and unrar (not built-in you need to install this as well). You might also want to install an FTP server (proftpd), you would also need to configure it after it's installed.

I read all of this, but I'm still stuck...
I am afraid you're just too much of a n00b to use a Linux Server - get Windows!!

LOL Just joking, you can PM me (with your AIM/MSN/YAHOO, etc. preferably), and I'll see what I can do.

P.S. This guide might contain some errors - so feel free to comment and give feedback.

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Thanks for reading :D

lol, fwiw, Ktorrent is a good native linux alternative to utorrent under wine, so long as you don't use Opera to look at the webui (because this was causing me quite a bit of headache as it seems to crash ktorrent)

Great so far. Very much look forward to seeing it once it's fully complete. Time to install uT under wine instead of Torrentflux now.

I think it's done now.

Someone try it and see if there's anything wrong.
I might have missed a step or maybe I haven't explained something clearly.

Enjoy.

very nice m8 it will help a lpt of members here

Thank you very much I really consider to buy a box from them :)

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Originally Posted by Pelorus

Thank you very much I really consider to buy a box from them :)

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It's very good for its price IMO. The 20GB HDD is annoying though.

Beautiful. Thanks for all the help Buggyme, this should be stickied. :thumbsup:

nice job buggyme;)

Good job, should be stickied for future reference.

Good job, thanks.

Good job man..thanks a lot...

Why dont you make it a sticky also..

lol

Thanks!!! you are big

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

great work

buggyme this is awsome, i am still waiting on my order but i am very grateful 4 this

useful info

many thanks

Thanx.

fixed

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mm, what's the problem?

HIGH FIVE!! i might try reinstalling mine by myself now :)

btw, you can get bigger than a 20GB HDD.
just e-mail them and ask. i think it was 100GB HDD.
pretty good deal, but i would probably crash the server too much trying to run too many torrents at once.

A friend of mine did ask, but they didn't allow it if I'm not mistaken.

wow, i just realized this was uTorrent, not torrentflux.
gonna have to try this after tonight (thats my 24,PB server)

i was offered 60GB for $25, just the same memory as $15 plan.
also, they have 4 100GB plans that i was offered, each with more RAM starting at 384MB and $50/month.

Hmm, interesting :) The 60GB plan looks good.

I had just started attempting to set up my server when I found this. Saved me a lot more headaches. Worked perfectly.

Has anyone else tried this? Someone has gotten some errors so be careful!!!

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/bitto...ny-help-169835

That problem is fixed now :)

Thanks for the tutorial. I am sure it will help a lot of people. For future improovements, a repository detailed explanation would do good :). Also i think there's a typo... at step 10: "and VNC server (to allow you to remove control your server with a GUI)." i think is to "remote control". A job well done.

Type yum -y install xterm wine vnc-server to install those 3 apps

do we have to upload vnc-server on the server's root first b4 editing that command !!
or just that command to prepare the server to receive the vnc-viewer logging !

buggyme is a genius

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Originally Posted by erax

Type yum -y install xterm wine vnc-server to install those 3 apps

do we have to upload vnc-server on the server's root first b4 editing that command !!
or just that command to prepare the server to receive the vnc-viewer logging !

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When you run that command, FC6 should download those applications from the repository (basically an online program database) and then install them. No need to download them yourself.

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Originally Posted by LittleWing

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Originally Posted by erax

Type yum -y install xterm wine vnc-server to install those 3 apps

do we have to upload vnc-server on the server's root first b4 editing that command !!
or just that command to prepare the server to receive the vnc-viewer logging !

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When you run that command, FC6 should download those applications from the repository (basically an online program database) and then install them. No need to download them yourself.

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hmm,nice shoot mate

btw we need how to set up torrentFlux easy ,wonderful php one
honestly the guide i read to setup T.F deadly to do with a basic info about Linux :unsure:

Thanks BuggyMe You're the best... ;)

I don't like TF much mainly because:

- You can't partial seed a file.
- Interface is worse than uTorrent WebUI's.
- People say that Wine is a resource hog, but really, bittornado uses just as much resources as Wine and uTorrent.
- And uTorrent has way more features...

The only advantage is probably, it allows multiple users - but that's about it.

thx buggy for the great guide :)

I get some errors when opening uTorrent. Is fixing this as simple as installing libGL? Yum -y install libGL isn't the right command. uTorrent runs fine, I'm just missing parts of the window border.

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err:wgl:X11DRV_wglGetProcAddress No libGL on this box - disabling OpenGL support !
err:wgl:X11DRV_wglGetProcAddress No libGL on this box - disabling OpenGL support !
err:wgl:X11DRV_wglGetProcAddress No libGL on this box - disabling OpenGL support !
wine: '/root/.wine' created successfully.
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
err:wgl:X11DRV_WineGL_InitOpenglInfo couldn't initialize OpenGL, expect problems
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
err:wgl:X11DRV_WineGL_InitOpenglInfo couldn't initialize OpenGL, expect problems
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {304ce942-6e39-40d8-943a-b913c40c9cd4} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {304ce942-6e39-40d8-943a-b913c40c9cd4} could be created for context 0x1
fixme:listview:LISTVIEW_SetColumnOrderArray iCount 16 lpiArray 0x33ee18
fixme:keyboard:UnregisterHotKey (0x30026,1): stub
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {304ce942-6e39-40d8-943a-b913c40c9cd4} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {304ce942-6e39-40d8-943a-b913c40c9cd4} could be created for context 0x1

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Originally Posted by LittleWing

I get some errors when opening uTorrent. Is fixing this as simple as installing libGL?

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err:wgl:X11DRV_wglGetProcAddress No libGL on this box - disabling OpenGL support !
err:wgl:X11DRV_wglGetProcAddress No libGL on this box - disabling OpenGL support !
err:wgl:X11DRV_wglGetProcAddress No libGL on this box - disabling OpenGL support !
wine: '/root/.wine' created successfully.
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
err:wgl:X11DRV_WineGL_InitOpenglInfo couldn't initialize OpenGL, expect problems
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
err:wgl:X11DRV_WineGL_InitOpenglInfo couldn't initialize OpenGL, expect problems
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {304ce942-6e39-40d8-943a-b913c40c9cd4} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {304ce942-6e39-40d8-943a-b913c40c9cd4} could be created for context 0x1
fixme:listview:LISTVIEW_SetColumnOrderArray iCount 16 lpiArray 0x33ee18
fixme:keyboard:UnregisterHotKey (0x30026,1): stub
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {304ce942-6e39-40d8-943a-b913c40c9cd4} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {304ce942-6e39-40d8-943a-b913c40c9cd4} could be created for context 0x1

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You don't need to do anything. uTorrent should start up anyways. If not, you can PM me with your MSN and I'll try and see what's going on.

Yeah, it runs fine and the WebUI looks sexy. Thanks for all the help Buggy! :)

now i have torrentflux, try install utorrent, but later save in Putty no runing. SAy:
conection reffused

Huh? I don't understand...