geco Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 Finally manage your uTorrent from console thanks to Node.js. Why? Because uTorrent is the best torrent server in the world and thanks to this package it can be managed from the Linux Console. https://www.npmjs.com/package/utorrent-console Features: Monitor torrents realtime (size, progress, speed, eta, seeds/peers, availability and so on) Torrent trasfer rate chart (download and upload) Add Torrent from URL Add Magnet Link Delete torrent (and data) View uTorrent settings Start (force) torrent Stop torrent Securely store credentials List torrent contents Total download/upload realtime speed and limits on title bar Edit uTorrent settings (download/upload limits, max active downloads/torrents, folders, connections per torrent/global) Auto-shrink too long magnet urls to avoid problems with uTorrent web api Installation If you already have installed uTorrent server you can jump to step "Install utorrent-console". Download right package from uTorrent downloads page. Decompress the archive in a folder of your choice: $ tar zxvf utserver.tar.gz Launch uTorrent server in background: $ cd your-folder $ ./utserver & Install utorrent-console If you are using nvm (Node Version Manager): $ npm install -g utorrent-console Otherwise: $ sudo npm install -g utorrent-console Run utorrent-console: $ utconsole Enjoy! Update (to latest version) If you are using nvm: $ npm update -g utorrent-console Otherwise: $ sudo npm update -g utorrent-console FAQ Why doesn't the Linux console render lines correctly on Ubuntu? You need to install the ncurses-base package and the ncurses-term package Why doesn't the Linux console render lines correctly through Putty? After loggin in, you need to set the environment variable TERM to "linux": $ export TERM="linux" Otherwise, to automate it, in the Putty config options, under Connection->Data there is a setting called "Terminal-type string". You can set your TERM there to "linux" and putty instructs SSH to set that environment variable How can I paste from clipboard? If your favorite keyboard/mouse shortcut doesn't work, try SHIFT+INS https://www.npmjs.com/package/utorrent-console https://github.com/geco/utorrent-console Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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