Install Libtorrent On Windows

  

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Windows 7 x64 - Python 3.6

Install Libtorrent On Windows 7

I am trying to install the libtorrent Python library in windows using the instructions here.

For those advanced cases where you need to build and install libtorrent from source, follow this guide: Building/libtorrent. Microsoft Windows: Omit sudo prefix. Installing libtorrent in Windows 7 (self.Python) submitted 1 year ago by Mixanologos I am trying to install the libtorrent python library in windows 7 with no luck so far.My python version is 3.6 32bit.

After navigating to the setup.py file, I used the following commands

In the cmd window, I get the following messages:

What else do I need to do? Because trying to import the libtorrent library, the interpreter comes up with this message:

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No matter what, the proper DLL is not available in the Python folder and thus I can't import the library.

Using the MSI installer from the Sourceforge link doesn't help either since it's severely outdated.

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Install Libtorrent On Windows

If you took a quick look at the setup.py file you are trying to install, you would see that it assumes you have installed the boost C++ libraries in order to generate the libtorrent.pyd required for Python. You would expect to get an error, but that's not how things are right now.

Installing libtorrent for Python without building it

For your own convenience, I have built Python Wheels of libtorrent which can be installed with pip install. Please take into consideration, that if it does not work, it means you will have to build your own .pyd for your machine.

Install Libtorrent On Windows

Building and installing libtorrent for Python on Windows 7

In order to get boost working, you will first have to download and install:

After you are done installing those, you will have to add their directories to your PATH:

  1. Right-Click Computer and go to Properties:

  2. Click Advanced System Settings at the left:

  3. Click Environment Variables at the bottom-right:

  4. Choose PATH from the top list and click Edit...:

  5. Inside the box that popped up add these if you want to be buildingfor 32-bit Python:

    Or these for 64-bit:

  6. Click OK both from the pop up and from the Environment Variableswindow, and leave the other one opened, we will need it later on..

Now everything is set up and you are ready to install the boost C++ libraries. Because libtorrent's Python bindings have some issues with boost versions higher than 1.63 (in August 2017), make sure to download this one.After you have downloaded it:

  1. Extract it

  2. Open a Command Prompt and cd into the extracted directory

  3. Run bootstrap.bat to install the libraries

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After that is done, go to the System Properties window you left open from earlier, and click Environment Variables again.Click on New... and add these:

and click OK to both windows again.

There is one last step before you can actually start building libtorrent, and that is specifying your Python version into a configuration file.

  1. Open a newCommand Prompt

  2. Execute echo using python : <Python Version> : '<Python Path>' : '<Python Path>Include' : '<Python Path>libs' ; >> user-config.jam

    For example:echo using python : 3.5 : 'C:Program FilesPython35' : 'C:Program FilesPython35Include' : 'C:Program FilesPython35libs' ; >> user-config.jam

Now to build libtorrent:

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  1. Downloadand extract the repository

  2. Open <libtorrent extracted directory>includelibtorrentsession.hpp in a notepad, find the line that starts with std::snprintf, remove std:: and save.

  3. In a Command Prompt, cd into <libtorrent extracteddirectory>bindingspython

  4. Now

    if you are building for 32-bit Python execute:

    bjam libtorrent-link=static boost-link=static stage_module

    or

    bjam libtorrent-link=static boost-link=static address-model=64 stage_module for 64-bit

  5. Just be patient, when it finishes you will have a libtorrent.pydin <libtorrent extracted directory>bindingspython which you canimport inside Python!

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​Cygwin has a built in ​rTorrent package, so you only need to use the following method for installing ​rTorrent, if you need ​XMLRPC-C support.
Installing rTorrent on Windows
To be able to run ​rTorrent on Windows, you are going to need ​Cygwin.
Installing Cygwin
Download Cygwin 1.7 (or newer) from the ​Cygwin page (​direct link).
Start the installer, choose 'Install from internet', select a directory to install Cygwin, and one for the packages to be downloaded to, then set up your connection and pick a mirror.
You're going to need the following packages in order to compile and run ​rTorrent:
cppunit
gcc4
git
libcurl-devel
libncurses-devel
libtool
make
openssl-devel
patch
pkg-config
subversion
wget
These might require some other packages, let them be installed. Wait until the installer downloads and installs the necessary packages, check wherever you want shortcuts, and close the installer. When you're done, start Cygwin (if you choose not create any shortcuts, you can start Cygwin with the cygwin.bat in your installation directory).
Now you can proceed with ​rTorrent.
Installing libsigc++
Since there is no ​libsigc++ package for ​Cygwin, you're going to need to compile this one first. By default, ​Cygwin has no /usr/localr/src, so create one.
mkdir -p /usr/local/src
Download, compile and install the latest ​libsigc++ source from the ​Gnome ftp site - at the time of writing this manual, it was 2.2.10.
cd /usr/local/src/
wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sourc...+-2.3.1.tar.xz
tar xJvf libsigc++-2.3.1.tar.bz2
cd /usr/local/src/libsigc++-2.3.1
./configure
make
make install
cd ..
Installing libTorrent
Download the latest ​libTorrent source from the ​git repository, compile, and install it.
cd /usr/local/src/
git clone https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent libtorrent-git
cd /usr/local/src/libtorrent-git
./autogen.sh
./configure --disable-mincore
make
make install
cd ..
Installing XMLRPC-C (optional)
If you want to be able to control ​rTorrent via ​XMLRPC-C, let's say by rTWi. For that, you need to install ​XMLRPC-C, preferably something over version 1.07.
cd /usr/local/src/
svn co https://xmlrpc-c.svn.sourceforge.net...lrpc-c/stable/ xmlrpc-c-svn
cd /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn
./configure --disable-cplusplus
make
make install
cd ..
If the 'make install' fails, try to copy the necessary files by yourself.
mkdir -p /usr/local/include/xmlrpc-c
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/include/xmlrpc-c/*.h /usr/local/include/xmlrpc-c/
ln -s /usr/local/include/xmlrpc-c/oldxmlrpc.h /usr/local/include/xmlrpc.h
ln -s /usr/local/include/xmlrpc-c/server.h /usr/local/include/xmlrpc_server.h
ln -s /usr/local/include/xmlrpc-c/server_abyss.h /usr/local/include/xmlrpc_abyss.h
ln -s /usr/local/include/xmlrpc-c/server_w32httpsys.h /usr/local/include/xmlrpc_server_w32httpsys.h
ln -s /usr/local/include/xmlrpc-c/client.h /usr/local/include/xmlrpc_client.h
ln -s /usr/local/include/xmlrpc-c/server_cgi.h /usr/local/include/xmlrpc_cgi.h;
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/xmlrpc-c-config /usr/local/bin/
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/lib/abyss/src/*.a /usr/local/lib/
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/lib/abyss/src/*.dll /usr/local/lib/
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/lib/expat/xmlparse/*.a /usr/local/lib/
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/lib/expat/xmlparse/*.dll /usr/local/lib/
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/lib/expat/xmltok/*.a /usr/local/lib/
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/lib/expat/xmltok/*.dll /usr/local/lib/
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/lib/libutil/*.a /usr/local/lib/
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/lib/libutil/*.dll /usr/local/lib/
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/src/*.a /usr/local/lib/
cp /usr/local/src/xmlrpc-c-svn/src/*.dll /usr/local/lib/
Installing rTorrent
Now download the latest ​rTorrent source from the ​git repository.
You are going to need to do some modification on the source code. Download and apply this ​patch (see ticket ​#1184 and ticket ​#1495 at the ​rTorrent trac). After you're done, you can compile and install ​rTorrent.
cd /usr/local/src/
git clone https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent rtorrent-git
cd /usr/local/src/rtorrent-git
wget http://static.jmk.hu/rtwi/downloads/misc/rtow.diff patch
patch -p0 < rtow.diff
./autogen.sh
./configure --with-xmlrpc-c
make
make install
cd ..
If 'make' fails, with the message 'fatal error: ncurses.h: No such file or directory' you might need to run ./configure with the CXXFLAGS option, i.e.:
./configure --with-xmlrpc-c CXXFLAGS=-I/usr/include/ncurses
You are now ready to run rTorrent on Windows, just type rtorrent into your Cygwin window.
Using rTorrent on Windows without installing Cygwin
Download rTorrent binaries for Windows
You can find all releases in the ​download section.
Direct download (7z archive)
Download and extract the ​.7z archive to a directory of your choice.
You can download the ​7-Zip software from ​http://7-zip.org/.
BitTorrent download
Download the ​.torrent file and feed it to your current ​BitTorrent client. After the download is complete, move/rename the directory as you wish.
Configure rTorrent on Windows
The .rtorrent.rc configuration file can be found in the bin directory. There are some settings already set up for ease of usage, please do not modify them, unless you know what you are doing.
The default session directory is .session, and the default download directory is torrent.
You can access your partitions thru the cygdrive directory from ​rTorrent.
You are now ready to run rTorrent on Windows, just create a shortcut pointing to the rTorrent.cmd file, or start it directly.