Transmission-cli is leaving .part files I recently developed a PHP script to automatically download torrents with transmission-cli. I did consider using deluge-console but that did not support download locations (-w), the problem is: Whenever I download a torrent, multiple .part files get saved instead of normal files, for example, if a torrent file contains a.txt …
Can not block torrent traffic in my Ubuntu 22.04 vps I have an Ubuntu 22.04 vps which I want to block all torrent traffic on it. I tried Iptables by this commands : iptables -I FORWARD -m string –algo bm –string "BitTorrent" -j DROP iptables -I FORWARD -m string –algo bm –string "BitTorrent protocol" -j …
Transmission-daemon: cannot edit settings.json I want to edit Transmission-daemon’s main config file located at /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json but I am unable to, due to its default permissions: /etc/transmission-daemon$ ls -lah total 16K drwxrwsr-x 2 root debian-transmission 4.0K Mar 19 12:28 . drwxr-xr-x 103 root root 4.0K Mar 19 12:28 .. -rw-r–r– 1 root root 303 Dec 19 …
Ubuntu 22.04.2 – Requested download is not authorized for use with this tracker I know there is another answer, but that doesn’t answer to my trouble. This link: Requested download is not authorized for use with this tracker doesn’t answer becase, at the time I’m writing – February 2023 – Ubuntu 22.04.2 is the LAST …
BitTorrent etiquette with multiple nodes I have two BitTorrent nodes running, one of which is on a limited data connection. I know you’re supposed to leave the node running long enough for it to upload as much as it has downloaded, but is it okay to close the one on the limited connection early if …
Is it possible to use the magnet uri scheme in PKGBUILDs? Is it possible to use resources exchanged with the BitTorrent protocol in pacman‘s PKGBUILDs? Asked By: Scrooge McDuck || Source Yes. You just need to specify a magnet uri scheme download agent like transmission-makepkg in the makepkg configuration file: /etc/makepkg.conf ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ DLAGENTS+=(‘magnet::/usr/bin/transmission-makepkg %u %o’) …
Download specific file from a torrent using a cli client I want to be able to download specific file from a magnet/.torrent (not all the files) using a cli client for my headless server. I know that GUI clients usually have this option but was looking for a command line tool. Though this question answers …
Is there a CLI tool to parse/read and show the metadata from a torrent file? I downloaded a torrent file http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/stretch_di_rc1/amd64/bt-cd/debian-stretch-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso.torrent Now I want to parse/read it so that I can find out things like – a. Which software was used to create the torrent file ? b. The size of the iso image, the …
How do you get BitTorrent on Ubuntu? I want to know if it is possible to get bittorrent for ubuntu. If yes, please answer. I tried searching for this but couldn’t find anything. Asked By: GamingDuck || Source There is a package qbittorrent To install it run following commands: sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade …
Does the Transmission use only TCP or also UDP? Will an opened UDP port accelerate torrenting using Transmission? I opened TCP port and the Transmission plainly says the port is open. I used Vuze before, and it used both TCP, and UDP. There has even been an option whether to prefer UDP or TCP. And …
How to block bittorent upload completely? I’m running Vuze torrent client on Linux Mint and I am looking for a way to block upload completely. I am willing to change Vuze for something else if Vuze is not capable of achieving this goal. Vuze is only able to limit the upload to 5 Kbps, which …
command-line tool for a single download of a torrent (like wget or curl) I’m interested in a single command that would download the contents of a torrent (and perhaps participate as a seed following the download, until I stop it). Usually, there is a torrent-client daemon which should be started separately beforehand, and a client …
How to login to your ubuntu account automatically in background? I was wondering whether we could login into ubuntu account automatically but stay password protected. In my case, I want my torrent to automatically start when computer boots up. So I need to be logged in automatically. This is fine, I can change “Automatic login” …
Move completed torrents in rTorrent according to label I’ve got a seedbox with rTorrent (and ruTorrent) installed, and I’m trying to automate as much as possible… Currently, I’ve got this in my rtorrent.rc to move completed files to ~/Download: system.method.set_key = event.download.finished,move_complete,”execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,~/Download/;d.set_directory=~/Download/” And then I’ve got a script that rsyncs those completed files back to …
How to start, stop and restart rtorrent? I just installed rtorrent on my Ubuntu Server 12.04 machine via apt-get. How do I start | stop | restart the service? Asked By: lindhe || Source To start rtorrent, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below: rtorrent To …
Removing Transmission Bit torrent client Simply want to remove this client, don’t really like it. Can’t figure out what packages it’s installed as, tried both transmission and transmission-daemon, the first not being anything and the second states it’s not installed. Running ubuntu 13.04, all updated. Just don’t like having programs I don’t use/want to use …
How to run BitTorrent Sync? I am in Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) 64bit and downloaded the btsync executable from http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync/ but running it doesn’t seem to have any effect. Double-clicking the executable does nothing, and running ./btsync in the terminal also exits immediately without any output. Has anyone successfully ran this under Ubuntu, and if so, …
How do you set your Default Bittorrent Application? Additional details are: OS = 12.10 Present Default Torrent Application = qBittorrent Preferred Default Torrent Application = Vuze My main area in of which I’m looking for advise is magnet links. Plus the program in question isn’t ‘installed’ per say I have downloaded the tarball file for …
How to download torrents with long filenames? There is a known problem with transmission: it can’t download torrents with filenames longer than 255 bytes. What are the workarounds? Asked By: int_ua || Source I am here not to solve the problem, but to offer an alternative. If you are not determined to use Transmission by …
Console based torrent client supporting magnet link? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme OS: OpenBSD/Linux. Are there any torrent clients that support magnet links? It’s an important thing that they need to be console-based only! Asked By: LanceBaynes || Source transmission and deluge‘s console interfaces support this natively, there are also patches for libtorrent/rtorrent to provide magnet support (as shown …
