How to Make a Torrent an rTorrent

rTorrent is a client for BitTorrent built using ncurses. It uses the libtorrent library, and because it is ncurses-enabled, you can run it from the command line in any terminal session. The rTorrent client and libtorrent library are both written in C++ and designed with an emphasis on speed and efficiency. Since rTorrent is simply another BitTorrent client, it can open and download any standard torrent file.

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  Install the rTorrent client on your computer. Source code is available for rTorrent, so you can download and compile it and the libtorrent library. Otherwise, look for a pre-built binary for your platform.

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  Download a torrent file to your computer. Torrent files end in the extension ".torrent" and are available through a number of peer-to-peer sharing websites and torrent trackers.

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  Open the torrent file with rTorrent. On the command line, type "rtorrent" followed by a space and then the path and name of your torrent file.