How to Install OpenTracker on Debain 10

In this tutorial, we will be installing open tracker with IPv6 enabled on Debian 10 buster.

First install the required packages

sudo apt install libowfat-dev make git build-essential zlib1g-dev libowfat-dev make git

then create a user called opentracker and switch to that user

sudo useradd opentracker -m
su - opentracker

clone the opentracker repo

git clone git://erdgeist.org/opentracker

go to opentracker directory

cd opentracker

Open the makefile

nano Makefile

In the makefile, uncomment the following

• to enable IPv6

#FEATURES+=-DWANT_V6
FEATURES+=-DWANT_V6

• to enable gzip compression

#FEATURES+=-DWANT_COMPRESSION_GZIP
FEATURES+=-DWANT_COMPRESSION_GZIP

save the file and run make.

make

finally run following command to start opentracker in background.

./opentracker &

by default the tracker will run on 6969 port on both UDP and TCP.

visit http://serverIP:6969/stats to view the tracker stats.

To change default settings, copy the sample opentracker.conf file and edit as needed.

cp opentracker.conf.sample opentracker.conf
nano opentracker.conf

Remember to open the port in the firewall for both UDP and TCP if a firewall is in place.