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Install Deluge Torrent

Deluge does not come with a service when installed so some manual configuration has to be done.

PPA for Latest

add-apt-repository --ppa ppa:deluge-team/stable
apt-get update
apt-get install deluge

Install Deluge Package

As a root user or using sudo execute the nxt command.

apt install deluge deluge-web

Create a SystemD Service

Create file /etc/systemd/system/deluge-web.service.

[Unit]
Description=Deluge Bittorrent Client Web Interface
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=debian-deluged
Group=debian-deluged
UMask=027
ExecStart=/usr/bin/deluge-web -d
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable it to start up on boot, start the service and verify it is running.

systemctl enable /etc/systemd/system/deluge-web.service
systemctl start deluge-web
systemctl status deluge-web

Enable deluge daemon to start at boot.

systemctl enable deluged