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Trying to figure out how to setup an aria2 server. It seems to rely on XDG dirs which isn't normally setup on LXC containers. I don't want to setup a whole GUI VM just for one application.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

XDG doesn't mean you need a GUI. XDG is a specification on how to set up config, cache, etc. directories. aria2 should work without setting anything up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What are you trying to accomplish?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Trying to get a real debrid client to work right. It seems the internal downloader doesn't work, and it supported using aria2.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I think you probably should step back and see if there is other options

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Already done that. This is the only one that supports working with sonarr and radarr afaik.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Set up a minimal server VM instead? You don't need to install a GUI on a VM.

Debian minimal uses very few resources, that's what I use.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You miss the part about XDG dirs?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Should be able to just install the package xdg-user-dirs on any distro. Would probably work fine in LXC containers too.