Hi!

How can I create a torrent with KTorrent, and share a file?
It's asking me to 'Choose a file to save the torrent', and I don't know what does that mean or what should I do then? Is it asking me a .torrent file?

I don't use KTorrent myself, however I did find a howto that I've copied and pasted below for you. Just be sure you replace the tracker information with whatever tracker you intend to use, or check the suggestions from my other response above:

1) Start KTorrent
2) Go to File -> New -> In the new window, the top line will ask you to specify what file you want to make a torrent for. Use the drop-down to choose the the file you want to share.
3) File Options:
1. Size of each chunk: default is 256 KB which is probably a good choice
2. Start seeding the torrent: check this.
3. Private Tracker: uncheck. You'll be using a public tracker.
4. You must add at least one tracker: type or paste in the URL: http://linuxtracker.org/announce.php and click the "add" button.
5. Click "Create" at the bottom.
6. A new window will display with the file-list of every folder and torrent in the directory where your file you want to load is located. Paste the filename in the lower "Location box" Get it exactly the same as your file-name.
7. After pasting in the filename, make certain the original extension is also part of the name in the Location window. Check "Automatically select filename extension (.torrent)"

KTorrent will then take a bit to create the file, but then you should have your filename.extension.torrent available and can be uploaded to your favourite sharing site.

ernestblair wrote:I don't use KTorrent myself, however I did find a howto that I've copied and pasted below for you. Just be sure you replace the tracker information with whatever tracker you intend to use, or check the suggestions from my other response above:

1) Start KTorrent
2) Go to File -> New -> In the new window, the top line will ask you to specify what file you want to make a torrent for. Use the drop-down to choose the the file you want to share.
3) File Options:
1. Size of each chunk: default is 256 KB which is probably a good choice
2. Start seeding the torrent: check this.
3. Private Tracker: uncheck. You'll be using a public tracker.
4. You must add at least one tracker: type or paste in the URL: http://linuxtracker.org/announce.php and click the "add" button.
5. Click "Create" at the bottom.
6. A new window will display with the file-list of every folder and torrent in the directory where your file you want to load is located. Paste the filename in the lower "Location box" Get it exactly the same as your file-name.
7. After pasting in the filename, make certain the original extension is also part of the name in the Location window. Check "Automatically select filename extension (.torrent)"

KTorrent will then take a bit to create the file, but then you should have your filename.extension.torrent available and can be uploaded to your favourite sharing site.

thank you very much