I needed a simple linux torrent client that work via Proxy!
I tried Transfer,Deluge,uTorrent(via wine, very buggy!) none of them worked.
Deluge has a known bug of using proxy.
uTorrent worked for a bit by proxy but very buggy with wine and Linux Mint.
The solution was rTorrent a simple command line torrent client.
The documentation was not very easy to found but I made it work.
here is how:
sudo apt-get install rtorrent
or install via source from # Location where to download temporary files directory = ~/rDownloads # Folder to save & resume rtorrent sessions session = ~/session http_proxy = 10.0.0.2:8080 proxy_address = 10.0.0.2:8080 # Other Settings upload_rate = 30 download_rate = 200 peer_exchange = yes # DHT options dht = auto dht_port = 8080 peer_exchange = yes # encryption = allow_incoming,try_outgoing ,enable_retry encryption = allow_incoming,enable_retry,prefer_plaintext port_random = yes # custom throttles settings throttle_up = low,10 throttle_down = low,10 throttle_up = med,20 throttle_down = med,20 dht = auto # rtorrent_Watch is a folder for new torrents # schedule = watch_directory,0,10,load_start=~/rtorrent_Watch/*.torrent # schedule = tied_directory,10,10,start_tied= # schedule = untied_directory,10,10,close_untied= # Enable the default ratio group ratio.enable= # Modify the limits, the defaults is optimal. # Global upload and download rate in KiB. “0” for unlimited. download_rate = 0 upload_rate = 1500 # ratio.min.set=10 # ratio.max.set=150 # ratio.upload.set=2M # Modify the command triggered when the ratio is reached. system.method.set = group.seeding.ratio.command, d.close=, d.erase= # Transfer the finished torrents to rtorrent_FullDownload_Files folder # system.method.set_key = event.download.finished,rm_torrent,”execute=rm,$d.get_tied_to_file=” # system.method.set_key = event.download.finished,move_complete,”execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,~/rtorrent_FullDownload_Files/ ;d.set_directory=~/rtorrent_FullDownload_Files/”

A Quick Reference: rotrrent More information: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RTorrent

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