In order to run Lobber you will need at least the following software.

Software

• python
• django (apt-get install python-django)
• the web application – lobber

• a database
• sqlite
  or
• postgresql

• a tracker
• opentracker (git://git.nordu.net/opentracker.git)

Installation

• sudo apt-get install python-django python-libtorrent python-bittorrent python-django-doc python-egenix-mxdatetime python-egenix-mxtools python-pycurl python-openssl python-setuptools python-pysqlite2 python-django-tagging python-twisted

• sudo easy_install orbited

  If this doesn't work, do

  wget http://pypi.python.org/pypi/orbited/0.7.10 && tar xzf orbited-0.7.10.tar.gz && cd orbited-0.7.10 && python setup.py install

• sudo easy_install stompservice

• wget http://stomppy.googlecode.com/files/stomp.py-3.0.1-beta2.tar.gz
  tar xzf stomp.py-3.0.1-beta2.tar.gz
  cd stomp.py-3.0.1/
  sudo python setup.py install

See Lobber development sandbox for more details on configuration.

Bootstrapping

Do this once:

cd lobber
mkdir db logs torrents
cd src
./dev-django-admin.sh syncdb

cat > orbited.cfg <<EOF
listen http://:9000
stomp://:61613

access

• -> localhost:61613

static

global
session.ping_interval = 300
user=www-data

logging
debug=STDERR,debug.log
info=STDERR,info.log
access=STDERR,info.log
warn=STDERR,error.log
error=STDERR,error.log

#Don't enable debug by default
enabled.default=info,access,warn,error
EOF

orbited -c orbited.cfg

Starting up

cd lobber/src
./dev-django-admin.sh startapp share

Using, first time

• Go to http://localhost:8000/admin/ and log in as whatever admin user you created in the syncbd phase under Bootstrapping above.
• Create an ordinary account
• Log out

Using

• http://localhost:8000/