Ktorrent
KTorrent is a the BitTorrent client for KDE.
Installation
Install ktorrent package.
Troubleshooting
Without geoip, KTorrent is unable to show any information about the seeders, leechers and the current trackers. Install it as a dependency. It is advised to enable DHT inside the Settings to avoid slow speeds and low amount of seeders.
Script to manage it in command line
Since KTorrent is a GUI only application, fortunately has a DBUS interface, so you can use scripts to manage it in command line (i.e. from SSH).
Here is the script that I use. I have found it on internet on an OpenSuse forum (made by amaurea) and I integrated new commands to set max upload/download speed and to suspend/resume ktorrent activity.
/usr/local/bin/kt
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Public domain script by amaurea/amaur on IRC (freenode for example).
# Modified by trapanator to support download/upload rate setting and
# to suspend/resume ktorrent network activity
#
# gary example
# qdbus org.kde.ktorrent /core startAll
case $1 in
help)
echo "kt: A simple console interface for ktorrent.
Usage: In the following \"id\" indicates either a torrent hash or index.
[] indicates optional arguments.
kt start [id]: If ktorrent is not running, start it. Otherwise,
if id is given, start that torrent, otherwise start
all torrents.
kt quit: Quit ktorrent.
kt load url: Load the torrent given by url. Note that the torrent must
be manually startet afterwards.
kt ls: Print a list of all torrents, of the format: index hash name.
kt info [id]: Print more detailed info about the selected (or all)
torrent(s).
kt stop [id]: Stop the torrent given by id, or all if id is missing.
kt name [id]: Like ls, but names only.
kt remove id: Remove the torrent given by id (but not the actual files).
kt clear: Remove all torrents.
kt files [id]: List information about the files of the selected torrent.
kt pri [id] [priority]: Give the selected torrent the given priority.
kt pri [id] [file index] [priority]: Set the priority of the given file.
kt pri [id] equal: Give all files of the torrent the same priority.
kt pri [id] first: Download the first files in the torrent first.
kt stu [n] set upload rate to n.
kt sdu [n] set download rate to n.
kt suspend suspend all torrents.
kt resume resume all torrents."
exit ;;
esac
pid=$(pidof ktorrent)
if [ ! $pid ]; then
case "$1" in
start)
ktorrent --display :0.0 ;;
*)
echo "ktorrent is not running!" ;;
esac
exit
fi
eval "export $(perl -pne 's/\0/\n/g' /proc/$(pidof ktorrent)/environ | fgrep -a DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS)"
loc="org.kde.ktorrent"
cmd="qdbus $loc"
case "$1" in
stu)
if [ "$2" ]; then
qdbus org.kde.ktorrent /settings setMaxUploadRate $2
qdbus org.kde.ktorrent /settings apply
else echo "upload rate missing!" ; fi ;;
std)
if [ "$2" ]; then
qdbus org.kde.ktorrent /settings setMaxDownloadRate $2
qdbus org.kde.ktorrent /settings apply
else echo "download rate missing!" ; fi ;;
suspend)
qdbus org.kde.ktorrent /core org.ktorrent.core.setSuspended true ;;
resume)
qdbus org.kde.ktorrent /core org.ktorrent.core.setSuspended false ;;
load)
res=$($cmd /core loadSilently "$2" 1) ;;
list|ls)
torrents=$($cmd /core torrents)
i=0
for torrent in $torrents; do
name=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent name)
printf "%d %s %s\n" $i $torrent "$name"
i=$(($i+1))
done ;;
info)
if [ "$2" ]; then
if (( ${#2} < 4 )); then
torrents=($($cmd /core torrents))
torrents=${torrents[$2]}
else torrents=$2; fi
else torrents=$($cmd /core torrents); fi
i=0
for torrent in $torrents; do
name=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent name)
size=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent totalSize)
dsize=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent bytesToDownload)
prog=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent bytesDownloaded)
speed=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent downloadSpeed)
seed=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent seedersConnected)
leech=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent leechersConnected)
priority=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent priority)
sl=$(printf "[%d|%d]" $seed $leech)
pri=$(printf "(%d)" $priority)
printf "%3.0lf%% of %11d %4.0lf kb/s %8s %4s %s\n" $((100*$prog/$dsize)) $dsize $(($speed/1000)) $sl $pri "$name"
i=$(($i+1))
done ;;
name|stop|start|remove|files)
if (( ${#2} < 4 )); then
torrents=($($cmd /core torrents))
torrent=${torrents[$2]}
else torrent=$2; fi
case "$1" in
name)
$cmd /torrent/$torrent name ;;
start)
if [ "$2" ]; then res=$($cmd /core start $torrent)
else res=$($cmd /core startAll); fi;;
stop)
if [ "$2" ]; then res=$($cmd /core stop $torrent)
else res=$($cmd /core stopAll); fi;;
remove)
# qdbus boolean bug workaround: use dbus-send instead
res=$(dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=$loc /core org.ktorrent.core.remove string:"$torrent" boolean:false) ;;
files)
n=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent numFiles)
for (( i=0; i < $n; i++ )); do
path=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent filePath $i)
pct=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent filePercentage $i)
size=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent fileSize $i)
priority=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent filePriority $i)
printf "%d %3.0lf%% of %11d [%d] %s\n" $i $pct $size $priority "$path"
done ;;
esac ;;
pri|priority|prioritize)
if [ $3 ]; then
if (( ${#2} < 4 )); then
torrents=($($cmd /core torrents))
torrent=${torrents[$2]}
else torrent=$2; fi
if [ ! $torrent ]; then exit; fi
n=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent numFiles)
if [ $4 ]; then
res=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $3 $4)
else
case $3 in
equal|equalize)
for (( i=0; i < $n; i++ )); do
res=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $i 40)
done ;;
inc|increasing)
for (( i=0; i < $n; i++ )); do
pri=$(printf "%2.0lf" $(((4*$i/$n+3)*10)))
res=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $i $pri)
done ;;
dec|decreasing)
for (( i=0; i < $n; i++ )); do
pri=$(printf "%2.0lf" $(((4*($n-$i-1)/$n+3)*10)))
res=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $i $pri)
done ;;
first)
m=$(($n < 3 ? $n : 3))
for (( i=0; i < $m; i++ )); do
res=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $i $(((6-$i)*10)))
done
for (( i=3; i < $n; i++ )) do
res=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent setFilePriority $i 30)
done ;;
*)
res=$($cmd /torrent/$torrent setPriority $3) ;;
esac
fi
else echo Too few arguments!; fi ;;
clear)
torrents=$($cmd /core torrents)
for torrent in $torrents; do
res=$(dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=$loc /core org.ktorrent.core.remove string:"$torrent" boolean:false)
done ;;
quit)
res=$($cmd /MainApplication quit) ;;
*)
echo "Unrecognized command: '$1'" ;;
esac