Install qbittorrent-nox on macos 12+

install_qbittorrent-nox_macos.md

Requirements

• zlib >= 1.2.11
• Qt 6.5.0
  • Despite building headless application, the QT library should be installed
• CMake >= 3.16
• Boost >= 1.76
• libtorrent-rasterbar 1.2.19
• Python >= 3.7.0

Installation

1. Install dependencies

brew install python3 qt zlib boost libtorrent-rasterbar cmake

2. Run setup for building headless (webUI only) application.

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGUI=OFF

If you want to install 4.6 version insttead of 5.0 alpha, the QT6 option should be provided

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DGUI=OFF -DQT6=ON

3. Build

cmake --build build

4. Install, optionally provide installation (prefix) path.

cmake --install build --prefix $HOME/bin

5. Create a symlink to the executable:

cd $HOME/bin/qbittorrent-nox.app/Contents/MacOS/
ln -s $PWD/qbittorrent-nox /usr/local/bin/qbittorrent-nox

6. Create autostart plist:

cd ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
vim com.qbittorrent-nox.plist

add plist conntents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.qbittorrent-nox</string>
        <key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
        <array>
                <string>Aqua</string>
                <string>Background</string>
                <string>LoginWindow</string>
                <string>StandardIO</string>
                <string>System</string>
        </array>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/local/bin/qbittorrent-nox</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

7. Start the autostart:

launchctl bootstrap gui/501 $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.qbittorrent-nox.plist