Lumus

How to install on Raspbmc / Linux

First we need to install a torrent downloader called transmission. Skip this step if you already have transmission configured.

Transmission

We only need to install a daemon (service running at background) instead of full-featured client. Thanks to that, less memory will be used.

1. Install transmission
   $ sudo apt-get install transmission-daemon

2. Set it to run at startup
   $ sudo update-rc.d transmission-daemon defaults

3. Stop the deamon
   $ sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop

4. Configure
   $ sudo nano /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json

   You may also use vi if you prefer, or any other editor.
   $ sudo vi /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json

   You should at least change these settings:

   • download-dir to some generic download directory such as ~/Downloads (lumus will move the files to destination directories from here),
   • incomplete-dir to some generic incomplete downloads directory such as ~/Downloading,
   • incomplete-dir-enabled to true,
   • rpc-enabled to true.

Node.js

This is a required step so that the application can run.

sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
Answer Y if asked.

Lumus

1. Clone lumus sources
   git clone https://github.com/ziacik/lumus.git

2. Go to the lumus directory cd lumus

3. Install dependencies
   npm install

4. Run
   node app.js

5. Browse to configure
   http://localhost:3001

Notes

• This howto is incomplete.
• This project is a work in progress.
• This tool does not download any content. It only provides a convenient search interface to transmission client.