Download Torrents From the CLI
I wanted to download the ArchLinux ISO image from here. It is advised to download it using torrent. We’ll be using aria2 for this. I am running Arch, so to install aria2 pacman -S aria2 To start the download, just run: aria2c <torrent or magnet link> That’s it. Once the download is complete, the file(s) will be in your current directory. There are other options to manage torrents from the command line, such as: rtorrent transmission-cli deluge-console For a single torrent download, aria2 does the job well, and very easily. I’d look into the others for more advanced torrent management. ...