qBittorrent - script says 5.1.0, qB UI says 4.5.2

[Stooovie]

✅ Have you read and understood the above guidelines?

yes

📜 What is the name of the script you are using?

qBittorrent

📂 What was the exact command used to execute the script?

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/qbittorrent.sh)"

⚙️ What settings are you using?

• Default Settings
• Advanced Settings

🖥️ Which Linux distribution are you using?

Ubuntu 24.10

📝 Provide a clear and concise description of the issue.

qBittorrent LXC installed via your script. When I try to update it by running the "update" command, all goes well, script says qB version is 5.1.0, but qB web UI says 4.5.2. Rebooting the LXC and re-running the script didn't help ("No update required. qBittorrent is already at v5.1.0").

Any tips?

🔄 Steps to reproduce the issue.

Step 1: install qB script
Step 2: update the LXC by command "update"

❌ Paste the full error output (if available).

No update required. qBittorrent is already at v5.1.0

🖼️ Additional context (optional).

No response

[MickLesk]

Its an simple file, so the issue needs to reported in there repo.

[nautilus7]

@Stooovie does your lxc come from the tteck area?

[nautilus7]

@MickLesk what to report to them? The qbitorrent gui displays the proper version...

I also had issues with the update function when updating an older lxc (created with tteck's script).
I manually changed the /usr/bin/update command to point to the update.sh script in your repo, but still the script did not properly moved all config files/directories to the new location, so qbitorrent did not update/work. I had to manually move the config files to make it work.

[MickLesk]

You think the Updated failed but the Version Check is updated? Then Update the txt File in /opt to another Version and Run Update again

[tremor021]

Alright, here's the thing. Old qBittorent LXC was installing from a Debian repo. There the latest stable release was 4.5.2.
The config files were in /.config/qBittorrent directory.

We moved from Debian stable releases to static builds made from releases on qBittorrents github. This made every LXC install to be up to date with official releases.
For qBittorrent 5.x config directory is $HOME/.config

In order for our update script to know if the installed version is older than 5.x, we detect the presence of /opt/qBittorent_version.txt file, which is created only if you are installed fresh after we switched to static builds. Here:

if [[ ! -f /opt/${APP}_version.txt ]]; then
    touch /opt/${APP}_version.txt
    mkdir -p $HOME/.config/qBittorrent/
    mkdir -p /opt/qbittorrent/
    mv /.config/qBittorrent $HOME/.config/
    $STD apt-get remove --purge -y qbittorrent-nox
    sed -i 's@ExecStart=/usr/bin/qbittorrent-nox@ExecStart=/opt/qbittorrent/qbittorrent-nox@g' /etc/systemd/system/qbittorrent-nox.service
    systemctl daemon-reload
  fi

If the .txt file doesn't exist it means you are running v4.x so we are moving the config folder to the v5.x location and remove the old install. Your config should be preserved and working.

[Stooovie]

@Stooovie does your lxc come from the tteck area?

It probably does, yes. It's been a while. I'd like to keep the install if at all possible as it contains some custom stuff, VPN config, stuff like that.

[Stooovie]

qbittorrent_version.txt says 5.1.0, qB UI says 4.5.2

So what's the recommended course of action for me? Thanks for everyone's time :)

[tremor021]

change text in qbittorrent_version.txt to anything other than 5.1.0 and run:

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/qbittorrent.sh)" in LXC shell

[Stooovie]

I changed /opt/qBittorrent_version.txt to "4.5.2", ran the command, yet issue still persists.

/opt/qBittorrent_version.txt is now "5.1.0" again. And yes, I am accessing the correct qB GUI URL

I thought it might be a Vue issue but no, even with the default WebUI it says 4.5.2

[tremor021]

do /opt/qbittorrent/qbittorrent-nox --version

Also, that WebUI is not from default qBittorrent. what the hell are you using there?

[Stooovie]

"qBittorrent v5.1.0" 🤷‍♂️

[CrazyWolf13]

@Stooovie
is there a possibility that you are still running the old qbitorrent on the webui via service, yet the new one is actually installed?
can you paste the output of cat /etc/systemd/system/qbittorrent-nox.service

[tremor021]

W/e it is, its a modified install. That UI is not a default QB UI.

[CrazyWolf13]

@tremor021 possibly just a theme, no?
qbittorrent has theme support.