Torrent Downloads

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At any image download link, simply append .torrent.

ISO example:

VirtualBox .ova example:

Debugging[edit]

Install package(s) transmission-cli.

A. Update the package lists and upgrade the systemarchive.org.

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

B. Install the transmission-cli package(s).

Using apt command line parameter --no-install-recommendsarchive.org is in most cases optional.

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends transmission-cli

C. Done.

The procedure of installing package(s) transmission-cli is complete.

Use transmission-show to look at the ISO metadata.

transmission-show Whonix-Xfce-17.1.3.1.iso.torrent

Expected output:

Name: Whonix-Xfce-17.1.1.3.iso File: Whonix-Xfce-17.1.1.3.iso.torrent

GENERAL

 Name: Whonix-Xfce-17.1.1.3.iso
 Hash: 379963818d37848464123b379ac5e11038a2899e
 Created by: mktorrent 1.1
 Created on: Thu Dec 28 01:55:45 2023
 Piece Count: 3967
 Piece Size: 256.0 KiB
 Total Size: 1.04 GB
 Privacy: Public torrent

TRACKERS

 Tier #1
 http://fosstorrents.com:6969/announcearchive.org
 udp://fosstorrents.com:6969/announce
 udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
 udp://tracker.torrent.eu.org:451

WEBSEEDS

 https://download.whonix.org/iso/17.1.1.3/Whonix-Xfce-17.1.1.3.isoarchive.org

FILES

 Whonix-Xfce-17.1.1.3.iso (1.04 GB)

Checks:

  • Check if the link under WEBSEEDS is functional.
  • Check if TRACKERS are up-to-date and functional.

Development[edit]

Script that creates the .torrent files:

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