How to Install and Uninstall bittorrent Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "bittorrent" package

This tutorial shows how to install bittorrent on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bittorrent
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bittorrent" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall bittorrent on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bittorrent
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bittorrent package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: bittorrent
Version: 3.4.2-12
Installed-Size: 161
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-10), python-bittorrent (= 3.4.2-12), python:any (>= 2.3~)
Recommends: mime-support
Suggests: bittorrent-gui
Description: Original BitTorrent client - console tools
Description-md5: 4935eecd3a255fe4d524e368e9d5623d
Tag: implemented-in::python, interface::text-mode, network::client,
network::server, network::service, protocol::bittorrent, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::downloading, works-with::file
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bittorrent/bittorrent_3.4.2-12_all.deb
Size: 49408
MD5sum: be24547f824241e222e7b4f2a6da67ac
SHA256: 772d01631a325295a37e66665424d403019fe448b7da1d06408f0ca006904363