Script Installation

Host environment

The recommended build platform is Alpine Linux and the supported build method is via docker. It will just make things easier.

We do not support a non docker build environment. If you are not using docker, you are on your own.

Github Actions

If you cannot or don’t want to use docker, you can use the Github Actions to build the project by forking the repository.

Bootstrapping the container

Notes

Some notes on the dockers method:

• The script itself install thes necessary dependencies so there is no docker file needed.
• We use a subdirectory qbt, not your $HOME directory, to avoid .bashrc and .profile conflicts.
• A subdirectory is automatically created, named qbt by the use of -v $HOME/qbt:/root
• The default path will be HOME/qbt outside the docker container and /root/qbt inside it.
• We use -e "LANG=en_GB.UTF-8" with Debian based images to avoid some errors.

env file

There are multiple ways to pass an env file when using Docker.

• You can use the --env-file switch when creating the docker and provide a file with your envs.
• If a .qbt_env file is found in the same directory as the script, it will be used automatically.
• Using ENV in a dockerfile is also possible.

Alpine

tags

You use alpine:edge alpine:latest

To bootstrap the container:

docker run -it -w /root -p 8080:8080 -v ~/qbt:/root alpine:edge /bin/ash -c 'apk update && apk add bash curl && bash'

If you need to download the script use this command

curl -sLo qbittorrent-nox-static.sh git.io/qbstatic && chmod +x qbittorrent-nox-static.sh

Debian

tags

You use debian:bullseye debian:bookworm debian:latest or a supported tag

To bootstrap the container:

docker run -it -w /root -p 8080:8080 -e "LANG=en_GB.UTF-8" -v ~/qbt:/root debian:latest /bin/bash -c 'apt update && apt install -y curl && bash'

If you need to download the script use this command

curl -sLo qbittorrent-nox-static.sh git.io/qbstatic && chmod +x qbittorrent-nox-static.sh

Ubuntu

tags

You use ubuntu:jammy ubuntu:noble ubuntu:latest

To bootstrap the container:

docker run -it -w /root -p 8080:8080 -e "LANG=en_GB.UTF-8" -v ~/qbt:/root ubuntu:latest /bin/bash -c 'apt update && apt install -y curl && bash'

If you need to download the script use this command

curl -sLo qbittorrent-nox-static.sh git.io/qbstatic && chmod +x qbittorrent-nox-static.sh

You are now ready to run the script.