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

Last updated: July 03,2024

1. Install "rtorrent" package

Please follow the steps below to install rtorrent on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall rtorrent on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: rtorrent
Version: 0.9.7-1
Installed-Size: 1449
Maintainer: Jose Luis Rivas
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcppunit-1.14-0, libcurl4 (>= 7.16.3), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libtorrent20, libxmlrpc-core-c3
Suggests: screen | dtach
Description: ncurses BitTorrent client based on LibTorrent from rakshasa
Description-md5: 7ddfe646b12aeb5d27a2a2a9abddc8a7
Homepage: https://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/
Tag: admin::file-distribution, implemented-in::c++, interface::text-mode,
network::client, protocol::bittorrent, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::downloading, works-with::file
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rtorrent/rtorrent_0.9.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 418028
MD5sum: b3eba70102dcaa2c9f8ad84875b981f4
SHA256: 01441dae5aa759b026b70e794c3befa620ed91b3f428a6c914b024543d8f3034