Setup rTorrent

Install

apt install rtorrent

Setup

as user

curl -Ls "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rakshasa/rtorrent/CONFIG-Template.md" \
    | grep -A9999 '^######' | grep -B9999 '^### END' \
    | sed -re "s:/home/USERNAME:$HOME:" >~/.rtorrent.rc
mkdir ~/rtorrent  # create user's instance directory

make sure 50000/tcp is open and you are ready to go already

rtorrent

netstat -lntup | grep 50000

Usage - keyboard shortcuts

BACKSPACE   add torrent and start downloading

Ctrl-S      start download
Ctrl-D      stop download
Ctrl-D      remove stopped
Ctrl-K      close torrent

Ctrl-Q      quit

Resources

https://askubuntu.com/questions/65387/is-there-bittorrent-software-that-runs-in-a-terminal

https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-to-download-torrents-from-the-command-line-in-ubuntu/

setup

https://rtorrent-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cookbook.html

usage

https://defkey.com/rtorrent-shortcuts

https://devhints.io/rtorrent


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