ktmagnetdownloader command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ktmagnetdownloader command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

ktmagnetdownloader: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ktmagnetdownloader: command not found

Solutions to ktmagnetdownloader: command not found

How To Fix ktmagnetdownloader: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ktmagnetdownloader is provided by ktorrent package.

ktorrent is:

This package contains KTorrent, a BitTorrent peer-to-peer network client, that is based on the KDE platform. Obviously, KTorrent supports such basic features as downloading, uploading and seeding files on the BitTorrent network. However, lots of other additional features and intuitive GUI should make KTorrent a good choice for everyone. Some features are available as plugins hence you should make sure you have the ones you need enabled.

  • Support for HTTP and UDP trackers, trackerless DHT (mainline) and webseeds.
  • Alternative UI support including Web interface.
  • Torrent grouping, speed capping, various download prioritization capabilities on both torrent and file level as well as bandwidth scheduling.
  • Support for fetching torrent files from many sources including any local file or remote URL, RSS feeds (with filtering) or actively monitored directory etc.
  • Integrated and customizable torrent search on the Web.
  • Various security features like IP blocking and protocol encryption.
  • Disk space preallocation to reduce fragmentation.
  • uTorrent compatible peer exchange.
  • Autoconfiguration for LANs like Zeroconf extension and port forwarding via uPnP.
  • Scripting support via Kross and interprocess control via DBus interface.
  • SOCKSv4 and SOCKSv5 proxy, IPv6 support.
  • Lots of other useful built-in features and plugins.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install ktorrent

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install ktorrent.

sudo apt -y install ktorrent

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install ktorrent

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ktmagnetdownloader command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.