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How to Install RapidLeech v42 on Debian or Ubuntu VPS

Posted: January 20th, 2012 | By: | Filed under: Tutorials | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

This guide will walk you through the installation of RapidLeech v42 r358 on a VPS running Debian or Ubuntu.

To begin, log in to your VPS via SSH as the root user, and run the following commands:

# apt-get -y update

# apt-get -y upgrade

Install dependencies:

# apt-get -y install apache2-prefork-dev apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2.2-common apache2

# apt-get -y install php5 php5-cgi php5-cli php5-common php5-curl php5-dev php5-gd php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-suhosin php5-mcrypt php5-imap php5-imagick libapache2-mod-php5

Download RapidLeech:

# cd /var/www

# wget http://rapidleech.googlecode.com/files/Rapidleech.v42.r358.zip

Install RapidLeech:

# unzip Rapidleech.v42.r358.zip

# rm -rf Rapidleech.v42.r358.zip

# chown -hR www-data:www-data Rapidleech.v42.r358

# chmod 777 Rapidleech.v42.r358/files

# mv Rapidleech Rapidleech.v42.r358 rapidleech

Restart Apache:

# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

RapidLeech should now be accessible at: http://xx.xx.xx.xx/rapidleech/

This article is also available in the VPS6.NET Knowledgebase:

https://vps6.net/my/knowledgebase/62/How-to-Install-RapidLeech-v42-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu-VPS.html