Bittorrent - how to use on Linux?

[John Wendel]

Jared Buck wrote:
> I've got BT and the GUI installed, but Linux cannot seem to find them.
> I do not know what directory they have been installed to, and a search
> hasn't turned up an executable binary for bittorrent.  Can anyone help
> me here?  
> 
> Jared
> 

When I run BT, I just use the following command, who needs a gui? Just 
put it in a script and supply the name of the torrent file as an 
argument. I usually run it from a virtual console so I can logout and 
leave it running (since I have to share this computer with she who must 
be obeyed).

/usr/local/BT/btdownloadcurses.py \
--display_interval 10 --max_uploads 4 \
--responsefile $1 --max_upload_rate 32 \
--minport 52000 --maxport 52100

So the name of the BT executable is "btdownloadcurses.py" but you 
probably want "btdownloadgui.py". I installed it in /usr/local/BT, but 
it can be installed anywhere. I would think an rpm istaller would put it 
in /usr/bin.

Make sure you poke a hole in your firewall for the incoming ports.

Regards,

John