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Getting "permission denied" trying to launch Deluge daemon under Ubuntu 14.04

Deluge GUI runs fine, but cannot connect to the daemon. So I tried launching the daemon, and got this:

mikec@FamilyRoom:~$ deluged
mikec@FamilyRoom:~$ Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/deluged", line 9, in <module>
load_entry_point('deluge==1.3.11', 'console_scripts', 'deluged')()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/deluge/main.py", line 214, in start_daemon
open_logfile()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/deluge/main.py", line 196, in open_logfile
file_handler = FileHandler(options.logfile)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 928, in _open
stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/mikec/.config/deluge/deluged.log'

I know little about Linux (my son set this up), but this looks like the daemon launched but the log did not open, which I really wouldn't care about. But the GUI still will not connect to the daemon. On the GUI "Start daemon" is grayed out.

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Justin Paul

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Mike Caldwell

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rTorrent, etc, seem to be high performance, but also is not as canned as I would need. The documentation provides the commands, flags, etc, to make it do what the user wants; I have no idea how to do any of those.

After problems with Ubuntu 15.04, I wiped it clean and started all over with a fresh installation of 14.04 that I did myself, then installed Deluge. My problem is that I get the GUI, but it is not connected to the daemon, and it seems I cannot start the daemon because it is already started. So I guess my problem is the connection, not starting it. I am guessing I have a port issue, but don't know how to deal with that.

gheist

With transmission preinstalled why should you try to use other client?

Mike Caldwell

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What is transmission?

gheist

gnome torrent client?

Mike Caldwell

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Transmission was not preinstalled, but was in the Ubuntu library. As with rTorrent it appears to require more Linux knowledge than I have. I already have Deluge installed on a different machine, so familiar with how to use it. I really want to stay with a package I have had experience with and know, so I would like to get back to my question: how to overcome the permission issue with the Deluge daemon.

Getting &quot;permission denied&quot; trying to launch Deluge daemon under Ubuntu 14.04

Getting "permission denied" trying to launch Deluge daemon under Ubuntu 14.04