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  • sudo apt-get install bittornado
  • mkdir ~/.bttrack
  • mkdir ~/btfiles
  • bttrack --port 6969 --dfile ~/.bttrack/dstate --logfile ~/.bttrack/tracker.log --nat_check 0 --scrape_allowed full --allowed_dir $HOME/btfiles --parse_dir_interval 10 --allow_get 1
  • firefox http://localhost:6969
To make it a startup script, create a skeleton with the following

mkdir /torrent 

DAEMON_ARGS="--dfile /var/run/bttrack/dstate --logfile /var/log/bttrack.log
  --port 6969 --nat_check 0 --scrape_allowed full --allowed_dir /torrent/btfiles"

Creating a Torrent file[edit]

Optional argument: --piece_size_pow2 SIZE