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Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:41 pm
by maxov777
Hello .. is there somebody willing to create or point me to optional repository that we will add to raspberry Pi and when running sudo apt update , we will be able also update to latest qBittorrent ? I did find great work from rursache that created some .deb packages scripts .. but , we common people .. like to have latest versions of qbittorrent .. but not to run so complex qb.sh scripts .. or to check them if they are all genuine ..

right now we are running on raspberry pi qbittorrent version v4.2.5 ( last stable version added to official repository ) which is working .. but ..

1. with nordvpn proxy , most of the time ( all the time ) the next added torrent is in state downloading metadata and stuck .. and yes .. i did install and implement nordvpn correctly .. usually on off proxy do the trick , but why ? :-)

2. with private trackers, when added things from RSS, qbittorrent usually not uploading = you do loose momentum , and with limited leechers you can not build any upload ratio ( for some strange reason uTorrent do not have this problem but can not be installed easily to raspberry pi )

3. for some strange reason , upload is limited to 150 kbps .. even with unlimited bandwidth ( again uTorrent do not have problem to utilize whole bandwidth and upload in MB , not in few kb )

therefore there is a question .. is it not waste to run on old version , and not possible to update ?

I would be grateful if somebody could show me how to maybe add unofficial repo, where qbit is updated ..

tx

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:29 pm
by unseen19
hi,

I use Ubuntu desktop for ARM64 (officially supported) on my RPI4 only for this reason: being able to update through the official PPA repo
Add the PPA to ubuntu (explanation on the website) and that's it.
RPi OS is more optimized for an RPI but Ubuntu is not so bad. give it a try

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 2:17 pm
by maxov777
Thank you for your reply .. right now I am happy that it is working but will play and try Ubuntu .. can be fun ..

in general .. do you say .. that on Ubuntu you have the latest version of qbt through the official PPA repo ?

is there a way .. ( do somebody know ) maybe to add link to updating mechanism, the unofficial PPA repo to RPi OS ?

if not .. will give it a try .. and play with Ubuntu :-)

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:19 pm
by unseen19
Well it will lead to problem. A PPA may use libraries of Ubuntu hence is specific per Ubuntu release (PPA address changes).
I did it in the past with Debian and PPA. It worked but at some point a library was needed (coming from Debian). Easy to solve but the problem was time consuming with the release/identification of the problem each time. This leads my choice for Ubuntu arm64.
I'm sure RPI OS is faster and address better usage of the hardware but so far Ubuntu ARM64 did a great job for me. Reliable and easy to maintain QBT with the PPA. Pick your pain :)

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:12 pm
by maxov777
Started to play with Ubuntu .. on vmware .. and it looks good .. promising .. :-) hope it will be also .. swift on RPi .. :-)

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:20 am
by unseen19
It will. Mine is booting from an mSATA SSD (cheap) and writing to another USB HDD. We can discuss the setup but about the USB enclosure try to take ones with ASMEDIA chipset. It will ease your life :). The brand "ugreen" is most of the time built with ASMEDIA and is cheap.
If you want to give it a go wait a bit for Ubuntu 22.10 planned for the end of the month (one upgrade less :) )

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 7:43 pm
by maxov777
Hello .. you were right .. it took some digging , some learning process , some brain .. but ubuntu 22.04 installed and all working fine ..
thank you for encouragement .. If somebody is interested .. I can put here some insides and steps, how to do it ..

thank you ..

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 6:36 pm
by kamikazepl
I use https://github.com/userdocs/qbittorrent-nox-static this builds they work perfect

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:07 am
by ke0000
kamikazepl,

are you using a Raspberry Pi? If you are I'd love to be able to do as youre doing, but as a Noob, Im unsure where to start. I've got qBittorrent-nox 4.2.5 working but I'd like a newer version as I'm having a couple of minor issue with the current version. So any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks for your time :D

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:33 pm
by unseen19
@ke0000 if it helps:

RPI4 user here, installed with the last Ubuntu 23.04 (graphical full interface)
Reason is the web interface miss some option so the "nox" version isn't enough (mass tracker change, torrent creation)

Setup may be user friendly:
RPI4 8GB
Ubuntu 23.04 (update from 22.04 in tis time)
SSD for boot and HDD for Torrents
RealVNC as it's a headless setup (no screen attached, living in the garage)
QBT installed with the official PPA (see download/install page), last version 4.5.4

The day to day I use the web interface from another computer. If I need the total feature I take the RealVNC console

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:17 pm
by Peter
unseen19 wrote: Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:33 pm The day to day I use the web interface from another computer. If I need the total feature I take the RealVNC console
RealVNC is proprietary garbage.
Just use TurboVNC.

1) grab the .deb package
2) I usually open the .deb with 'mc' and copy out the TurboVNC folder into /opt/
3) I start it with "/opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver -localhost"
4) I make a port forward with SSH, and I connect via port forward, so in turbo VNC's viewer I put: 127.0.0.1:1234 for example.

Easy, open-source, very fast, safe.

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 3:31 pm
by kamikazepl
ke0000 wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:07 am kamikazepl,

are you using a Raspberry Pi? If you are I'd love to be able to do as youre doing, but as a Noob, Im unsure where to start. I've got qBittorrent-nox 4.2.5 working but I'd like a newer version as I'm having a couple of minor issue with the current version. So any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks for your time :D
https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-qbittorrent/

https://dietpi.com/forum/t/how-to-insta ... srion/6092

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:24 pm
by Modon
Hi,

Are there any plans to update the ARM version for Raspbian? I'm running this OS on a Raspberry Pi 4 and I do not plan to destroy my current server to start a new one and build everything again only for qBittorrent (no offense ;D ).

I'm currently stuck with version 4.2.5

I'm not sure if it is really a problem though, but since I'm having a problem with qB, I would have liked to see if an upgrade resolves my issues.

Anyway, this is just to know what the plans are for ARM64.

Cheers

Re: Raspberry Pi ADD optional repository with Latest Version

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:31 pm
by Peter