@Prometheus, lovinglinux: Ktorrent does NOT support magnet links yet.
@Prometheus, lovinglinux: Ktorrent does NOT support magnet links yet.
use rtorrent
"I took the red pill, but I installed the blue Linux"
Archlinux user, using it right now.
So what's the verdict? Which of the GUI-driven, repository-supplied clients (also repository-supplied versions) have working support for TPB (hex) magnet links in Karmic?
As well as above you need to follow this thread (even if you use Kubuntu) to make magnet links work in Firefox. Substitute /usr/bin/deluge for azureus
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=229924
From the info on TPB:I think none of them? So far, only torrent client I have found for linux with the magnetic link support that TPB uses, is Vuze. And only that 4.3.0.1_B04 version, so you have to get it directly from their website. But its _very_ easy to install.
Is the info on TPB incorrect or is it only the windows version of rtorrent that works...because I compiled latest rtorrent from source and still haven't managed to open a magnet link with it.These are "magnet links", a link that lets you download a torrent directly in your BitTorrent client, instead of your browser. Most clients supports this (uTorrent, Vuze, rtorrent, whatever) and will get the relevant torrent data over the DHT network.
Edit:
The magnet link to Karmic ISO on TPB is:
am I supposed to be able to start downloading by running:Code:magnet:?xt=urn:btih:b65333c904f35428c09811a01032666f98abff67&dn=ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fdenis.stalker.h3q.com%3A6969%2Fannounce
Or do i have to change something in that magnet link?? I have tried to start rtorrent and loading it afterwards to but nothing seems to work.Code:rtorrent magnet:?xt=urn:btih:b65333c904f35428c09811a01032666f98abff67&dn=ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fdenis.stalker.h3q.com%3A6969%2Fannounce
Last edited by anders_c_; November 18th, 2009 at 06:37 PM.
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