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rtorrent with wtorrent on debian etch complete HOWTO

This howto will show you how to install rtorrent with wtorrent web interface on debian etch, with samba allowing us to grab the downloaded files from windoze boxes. It is intended as a complete guide from nothing to downloading torrents, so it’s ideal for that old box that you have sitting in the corner. If you want to use the box for multiple things then you should only use this for reference. We will be using the debian netinst CD, available from the debian mirrors. As this covers pretty much everything, including installing deb, you might want to jump to he meat of the configuration. This run through should also work with ubuntu, but I haven’t tried it.

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How to set up a virtualbox client from the console.

VBoxManage createvm -name “Your VM” -register
VBoxManage modifyvm “Your VM” -memory “128MB” -acpi on -boot1 dvd -nic1 intnet
VBoxManage createvdi -filename “VM.vdi” -size 4000 -register
VBoxManage modifyvm “Your VM” -hda “VM.vdi”
VBoxManage registerimage dvd /full/path/to/iso.iso
VBoxManage modifyvm “Your VM” -dvd /full/path/to/iso.iso
VBoxManage modifyvm “Your VM” -vrdpport 3390
VBoxVRDP -startvm “Your VM”