qBittorrent 4.4.x on Raspberry Pi (arm64 + armhf)

⚠️ No longer supported, migrate to a docker installation for a hassle-free experience

The existing qBittorrent package on Raspberry Pi OS is outdated. The various online guides and wiki pages are outdated or does not provide a way to "cook" a .deb package file.

This repo wants to solve that by providing a working compiling script while also offering pre-made .deb packages for both libtorrent and qbittorrent.

Running the script

wget --no-cache -O qb.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rursache/qBittorrent-RaspberryPi/master/qb.sh && chmod +x qb.sh &&
./qb.sh -v 4.4.5

Parameters:

• -v (optional) can be any qBitTorrent version
• -d (optional) can provide a different working directory (defaults to ~/Downloads)

This script works on arm64, armhf and amd64.

Note

Compilig takes around 30mins on a Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB RAM) with active cooling.

If you're having issues, make sure the swap size is at least 4GB and be patient.

Installing

Note

If you already have qBitTorrent installed from the default repos, run

sudo apt remove libtorrent-rasterbar10 -y

before installing the new builds

sudo apt install qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libqt5svg5-dev geoip-database -y &&
sudo dpkg -i libtorrent*.deb &&
sudo dpkg -i qbittorrent*.deb

Updates

When a new version of qbittorrent (or libtorrent) is released you can just run the script again specifing the version you want then following the installing section

Run qBittorrent at boot

On Raspberry Pi OS run:

sudo bash -c "echo '@qbittorrent' >> /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart"

amd64 Support

Starting with v1.1.0 of the script, amd64 builds are supported as well. Pre-builds are also available in the Releases section

Credits

• Official wiki:
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
• Checkinstall man page
• This askubuntu post by Stewart which made me switch from checkinstall to dpkg-deb when building qbittorrent
• A great tutorial on how to build .deb packages with dpkg-deb