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The raw portfile for rtorrent 0.8.4 is located here:
http://rtorrent.darwinports.com/dports/net/rtorrent/Portfile
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The rtorrent Portfile 52621 2009-06-20 00:37:53Z toby macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: rtorrent
set real_name rtorrent
Version: 0.8.4
Category: net
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: gmail.com:gardnermj
Description: console-based BitTorrent client
Long Description: rTorrent is a console-based BitTorrent client. It aims to be a fully-featured and efficient client with the ability to run in the background using screen. It supports fast-resume and session management.

Homepage: http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/
Master Sites: ${homepage}downloads/
distname ${real_name}-${version}
Checksums: md5 dc0f37d933b0b6c713ad617e09441f3b sha1 83a7c0dbeb46bb074ae075d9faf5d05f0df17571 rmd160 a7a65a136161dc89e93479cee776cc084dce4ee0

depends_lib port:curl port:libsigcxx2 port:libtorrent port:ncurses port:openssl port:zlib

configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --disable-debug --enable-ipv6

livecheck.name ${real_name}

Variant: xmlrpc description {Enable XMLRPC interface} {
configure.args-append --with-xmlrpc-c
depends_lib-append port:xmlrpc-c
}

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/rtorrent
%  sudo port install rtorrent  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching rtorrent
--->  Verifying checksum for rtorrent
--->  Extracting rtorrent
--->  Configuring rtorrent
--->  Building rtorrent with target all

--->  Staging rtorrent into destroot

--->  Installing rtorrent

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using rtorrent with these commands:

%  man rtorrent
%  apropos rtorrent
%  which rtorrent
%  locate rtorrent

 Where to find more information: