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Rtorrent

rTorrent is a text-based ncurses BitTorrent client written in C++, based on the libTorrent libraries for Unix (not to be confused with libtorrent by Arvid Norberg), whose authors goal is “a focus on high performance and good code”.

Installation

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# pacman-g2 -S rtorrent


Configuration

Create the config file.

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$ vim ~/.rtorrent.rc

The edit the ~/.rtorrent.rc Here is a basic config. For more details see the man of rtorrent.

 #upload speed
 upload_rate = 50
 #used ports
 port_range = 6666-6666
 port_random = no
 #check datas after the end of the download
 check_hash = yes
 #file will be downloaded in this directory
 directory = /home/nom_utilisateur/downloads/
 #directory containing your files .torrent. When a new .torrent fileis added, the download process will start.
 schedule = watch_directory,5,60,load_start=/home/nom_utilisateur/downloads/torrents/*.torrent
 schedule = untied_directory,5,60,stop_untied=
 use_udp_trackers = yes


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