Step-by-Step Qbittorrent setup on Termux X11

1. Download latest (non pre relase) Termux from Github

Download Termux from GitHub

2. Download latest (non pre relase) Termux X11 from GitHub

Download Termux X11 from GitHub

3. Install X11 Repo, X11 Nightly and XFCE

Install Termux, open it and run pkg install x11-repo

If you see a Y/n question just press enter

Install X11 Repo
Run pkg install termux-x11-nightly Install X11 Nightly
Run pkg install xfce Install XFCE

4. Start X11 with XFCE Session

Run termux-x11 :0 -xstartup "dbus-launch --exit-with-session xfce4-session" to start x11

Start X11 with XFCE

5. Install and open X11 and open terminal

6. Run pkg update

This will update the list of apps we can download for termux

pkg update

7. Install qBittorrent

Run pkg install qbittorrent Install qBittorrent

You should see it under Applications > Internet now, start it by clicking

Check

8. Install FTP Server from App Store

This will help us transfer files from our computer to the android device

Install FTP Server App

9. Setting Termux as FTP Root Folder

Open the FTP server app > Open settings > select "Root Folder" (if you see a list of selections press "specific folder") > Open burger menu from top left > Select termux

Select Termux Folder for FTP

10. Download FileZilla to your computer

FileZilla will allow us to send files to the FTP server thats running on our device

Download FileZilla

11. Connect to FTP Server Using FileZilla

After downloading FileZilla, open the FTP Server app from the android device, and start the server

To connect to the ftp server using FileZilla:

If you successfully connected it should look something like this:

Connect to FTP via FileZilla

12. Send Settings from PC to Termux

To "import" settings to termux from your pc, we transfer the QBittorrent folder from

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\qBittorrent

To /.config/qBittorrent with FileZilla

13. Send Torrents to Termux

Our settings are done, we just need to transfer our .torrent files and folders

14. Run Torrents in qBittorrent

This step is practically same as running torrents on desktop, open the file explorer in termux11 > go to the directory you put the .torrent files in > double click them

Done!

You now have a complete setup running qBittorrent on an android device!

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