rtorrent not installed or not starting

[bignick8t3]

Ran the install script on a fresh Ubuntu 20.04.1 install and rtorrent either won't install or won't start.

I found the following issue so as per a comment on there edited the script to output everything into the terminal.
#442

I appreciate that the script hasn't been tested on 20.04.

rtinst.txt

I removed my IP's from the terminal extract and ports replacing them with Ext-IP, Int-IP and SSH Port.

[V33m]

I did a clean install last week with Ubuntu Focal and faced the same issue, which is Issue #518. I'll do a new release of rtinst in some minutes where the issue is hopefully fixed. I've not tested the fix, so I hope that you are able to verify if everything is fine.

[V33m]

I've added a simple fix for your issue. So, remove PPA from /etc/apt/sources.list and give the latest rtinst v.1.8.12 a try as I've not tested the version yet. Please let me know if everything went fine for your with the latest rtinst.

[bignick8t3]

What would the process be to integrate the scripts as running the rtsetup pulls the scripts from git and uses v1.8.11

I tried running the rtinst script but nginx failed to install as the /etc/rtinst directory didn't exist.

I was doing this on a fresh Ubuntu box.

[V33m]

It's fixed now. Thanks for letting me know! 👍 Remove PPA again from /etc/apt/sources.list and re-run rtsetup.

[bignick8t3]

Unless I'm doing something wrong it's still having issues.
rtinst.txt

Again I've omitted IP's.

So I downloaded the zip and then ran rtsetup then ran with rtinst, once again a fresh install of 20.04.1 fully patched.

[V33m]

I just did a clean install for Ubuntu Focal on Arm64 so it's strange that you are having issues. I certainly need more information. And, could you please run the following command:
sudo rtsetup && sudo sed -i "/^\(\s\|#\)*#\!\/bin\/bash/ a\set -x" /etc/rtinst/scripts/rtinst && sudo chmod +x /etc/rtinst/scripts/rtinst && sudo rtinst
Then post everything that output in terminal. The beginning will look like

$ sudo rtinst
+ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin
+ rtorrentrel=0.9.6
+ rt_url=http://rtorrent.net/downloads/
+ xmlrpc_url=https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xmlrpc-c/code/advanced/
+ xmlrpc_url_alt=https://github.com/mirror/xmlrpc-c
+ ru_url=https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/
+ adl_url=https://github.com/autodl-community/
++ dpkg-query -W '-f=${Status}' lsb-release
++ grep -c 'ok installed'
+ '[' 1 -eq 0 ']'
++ lsb_release -sd
+ fullrel='Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS'
++ lsb_release -si
+ osname=Ubuntu
++ lsb_release -sr
++ cut -d. -f1
+ relno=20

[bignick8t3]

Hi there, apologies in my delay but I got side tracked!

As a quick test I spun up a fresh vm and ran your latest 1.8.14 and still rtorrent didn't install.

Do you want me to run the above command(s) with this later version?

[bignick8t3]

I ran the command you asked for with 1.8.14 anyway, output attached.
rtinst.txt

Again a vanilla install of 20.04.1 fully patched.

Hope it helps

[V33m]

Thanks for the log 👍 I've done three installations with Ubuntu 20.04 on arm64 without any similar issues. Are you using amd64?

I've spotted the section where it fails. There are no folders in your homefolder/source (/home/USERNAME/source), right? If there are folders there, they are not named xmlrpc, libtorrent-0.13.8 and rtorrent-0.9.8, correct? I'll look into this when I get home from the weekend.

[bignick8t3]

Yes the test box is on a Xen hypervisor and will be amd64 also the physical box I will ultimately install to will be amd64.

Looking in /home/nick/source I have libtorrent-0.13.8 and rtorrent-0.9.8.
So the xmlrpc that you mention is not there.

[V33m]

Unfortunately, I'm not able to test, but if you are able, copy the content of the attached file to /etc/rtinst/scripts/rtupdate. Then make the script executable with sudo chmod +x /etc/rtinst/scripts/rtupdate before you run it with rtupdate.

rtupdate.txt

[bignick8t3]

Did that and it didn't like that.

nick@test:/etc/rtinst/scripts$ sudo rtupdate
Checking File Repositories
xmlrpc-c: OK
rtorrent: OK
rtorrent NOT installed
This script is for upgrading/downgrading only, not for initial install
nick@test:/etc/rtinst/scripts$

[V33m]

Yes, I should have mentioned rtinst and not rtupdate since rtorrent hasn't been installed yet. So, run rtinst 👍

[bignick8t3]

Maybe I was a bit to literal in following your instructions.

Running rtinst has worked, console extract in case you should need it:
rtinst.txt

What was the issue with amd64?

[V33m]

Well, rtinst is executing parts of rtupdate. So if you are having issues with rtorrent after the first time you provided the log to me, you have to run rtinst to try to install rtorrent again.

I'm not sure, but I don't have any issues with arm64. However, reading from your first log, it seems that the command
svn co $xmlrpcloc xmlrpc >> $logfile 2>&1 did not download and add the folder xmlrpc to ~/sources, which rtorrent is dependent on. I've added an additional check to verify that if there doesn't exist a xmlrpc folder, it will fallback to github and try to download and add the folder with the files from an alternative mirror and method.

[V33m]

@bignick8t3, have you been able to run rtinst again with the changes in the rtupdate script? If not, try the latest rtinst v1.8.15 👍

[bignick8t3]

@V33m I can confirm that using v1.8.15 on a fresh install now works as expected.

Top work 👍