MK802 compile rtorrent from source with rutorrent web GUI

Install necessary packages:

sudo apt-get --purge remove libxmlrpc* libtorrent* rtorrent
sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libsigc++-2.0-dev libtool git autoconf automake libcppunit-dev

Fresh xmlrpc-c lib install

svn co https://xmlrpc-c.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xmlrpc-c/advanced xmlrpc-c
cd xmlrpc-c
./configure --prefix=/usr
make

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Compiling rtorrent from source on Ubuntu Maverick

Download and compile libtorrent

sudo wget http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/downloads/libtorrent-0.12.6.tar.gz
sudo tar zxfv libtorrent-0.12.6.tar.gz
cd libtorrent-0.12.6
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Download and compile xmlrpc-c

sudo svn checkout http://xmlrpc-c.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xmlrpc-c/stable xmlrpc-c
cd xmlrpc-c/
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Download and compile rtorrent

sudo wget http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/downloads/rtorrent-0.8.6.tar.gz
sudo tar zxfv rtorrent-0.8.6.tar.gz
cd rtorrent-0.8.6
sudo ./configure --with-xmlrpc-c
sudo make
sudo make install