Install Deluge on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Server

Deluge is a popular multi-platform bittorrent client often used to provide torrenting / seedbox functionality on Linux servers. Like rTorrent, deluge uses libtorrent as its backend. Supported by daemon-service, awesome interface, and great plugin support, Deluge surpass Transmission and rTorrent for functionality.

Method 1: Using script

Open terminal and enter following commands:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sumancvb/deluge/master/install-deluge-ubuntu.sh && sudo sh install-deluge-ubuntu.sh

Accessing Deluge.

Deluge will be available on HTTP port 8112 by default. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com:8112 or http://server-ip:8112. The default password for deluge is deluge, better change it when you are first to login.

Check services

sudo systemctl status deluged
sudo systemctl status deluge-web

Uninstall Deluge

Run following command in terminal

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sumancvb/deluge/master/uninstall-deluge-ubuntu.sh && sudo sh uninstall-deluge-ubuntu.sh

Method 2: Step by step guide

Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date

sudo apt-get update

Step 2. Installing Deluge on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team/ppa
sudo apt install deluged deluge-webui
sudo adduser --system --group deluge
sudo gpasswd -a $USER deluge

Step 3. Create Systemd Service.

nano /etc/systemd/system/deluged.service

Add following lines:

[Unit]

Description=Deluge Bittorrent Client Daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=deluge
Group=deluge
UMask=007

ExecStart=/usr/bin/deluged -d

Restart=on-failure

# Configures the time to wait before service is stopped forcefully.
TimeoutStopSec=300

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Now start deluge deamon with the following command:

systemctl start deluged
systemctl enable deluged

Next, we create a systemd service file for deluge web:

nano /etc/systemd/system/deluge-web.service