Information about the package, rtorrent, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rtorrent package is designed for, BitTorrent client based on libtorrent.
Package Name:
rtorrent
Summary:
BitTorrent client based on libtorrent
Description:
A BitTorrent client using libtorrent, which on high-bandwidth connections is able to seed at 3 times the speed of the official client. Using ncurses its ideal for use with screen or dtach. It supports saving of sessions and allows the user to add and remove torrents and scanning of directories for torrent files to seed and/or download.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.9.4
Release:
3.el6
Size:
398 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ with exceptions
Control the rtorrent package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rtorrent
This command will install rtorrent on the server.
yum remove rtorrent
This command will un-install rtorrent on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rtorrent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rtorrent
This command will un-install rtorrent on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rtorrent when using the -y flag.
yum update rtorrent
This command will update rtorrent to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rtorrent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rtorrent
This command will update rtorrent to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rtorrent when using the -y flag.
yum info rtorrent
This command will show you core information about the rtorrent package.
yum deplist rtorrent
This command will show you the dependencies for rtorrent. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update rtorrent
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rtorrent. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.