bittorrent client for the console

[westcoaster]

Hi,
Would it be possible to get rtorrent, perhaps with a colour patch?

I tend to use the console a lot with the weak laptops I have, and rtorrent is very lightweight. And although rtorrent is a little hard to figure out at first, I've read that the colour patch apparently makes it more user friendly (I haven't tried any of the colour patches myself). Also, if the version of Transmission available for Deli(cate) doesn't support magnet links, then maybe rtorrent will?

EDIT--Oh, I just noticed that nl2stk was working on ctorrent....but I guess without success?

[tavvva]

Hi :]
I'll try to look at that ...

[tavvva]

I've introduced ctorrent-dnl, but it very probably doesn't support magnet links ... I remember Theo mentioning that and trying to introduce transmission ....

So .... we need to look at the transmission build too ... Easton recently shared his PKGBUILDs ....

It seems rTorrent supports magnet links too ... I'll try to look at that.

[westcoaster]

Hi Tavvva,

(09-24-2012 03:48 PM)tavvva Wrote:  I've introduced ctorrent-dnl

Sorry, I must be blind, because last night I updated the packages with pacman and searched for "torrent" but I thought I found only transmission. But now I see ctorrent-dnl is there too. I'll try to check it out with magnet links.

(09-24-2012 03:48 PM)tavvva Wrote:  It seems rTorrent supports magnet links too

Yes, rTorrent does support magnet links, at least the modern versions of it do....

[snacsnoc]

I also got Transmission working under Delicate, post here. Transmission also has a CLI interface.

[westcoaster]

(09-24-2012 06:01 PM)snacsnoc Wrote:  I also got Transmission working under Delicate, post here. Transmission also has a CLI interface.

I've tried a couple of times to figure out how to use transmissioncli, but it's not obvious enough for me. I like rtorrent because it has an ncurses interface, but I don't think transmissioncli has. Maybe I'll try again to get transmissioncli running, because this version (1.80) could work just fine for everything. If I get it going, then maybe I could write a quick HOW-TO to help others get started....

EDIT-actually the transmission-daemon does have an ncurses interface, transmission-remote-cli.

[snacsnoc]

(09-24-2012 06:33 PM)westcoaster Wrote:  

(09-24-2012 06:01 PM)snacsnoc Wrote:  I also got Transmission working under Delicate, post here. Transmission also has a CLI interface.

I've tried a couple of times to figure out how to use transmissioncli, but it's not obvious enough for me. I like rtorrent because it has an ncurses interface, but I don't think transmissioncli has. Maybe I'll try again to get transmissioncli running, because this version (1.80) could work just fine for everything. If I get it going, then maybe I could write a quick HOW-TO to help others get started....

I personally have never used the CLI interface for Transmission so I can't really comment. Tavvva has set up a wiki here so perhaps PM him to get an account and create an article or just make a forum topic

[tavvva]

(09-24-2012 04:53 PM)westcoaster Wrote:  Sorry, I must be blind, because last night I updated the packages with pacman and searched for "torrent" but I thought I found only transmission. But now I see ctorrent-dnl is there too. I'll try to check it out with magnet links.

You aren't blind ... I added the package yesterday :]

[westcoaster]

(09-25-2012 02:01 AM)snacsnoc Wrote:  Tavvva has set up a wiki here so perhaps PM him to get an account and create an article or just make a forum topic

That's a great idea if I manage to discover anything useful.

[Tom]

Bittorrent clients with ncurses, not CLI:

BTG

https://btg.berlios.de/
Image: https://developer.berlios.de/dbimage.php?id=3413
Dependencies: https://btg.berlios.de/howto.html#required-software

ncurses UI for transmission:
screenshots: https://github.com/fagga/transmission-re...creenshots
dependencies: https://github.com/fagga/transmission-re...quirements
Arch linux: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/commu...emote-cli/

Bittornado
should have a ncurses UI, didn't find UI
Web: http://www.bittornado.com/
I don't know if it is still developed, forum is quite old (2011).