How to Install and Uninstall rtorrent Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "rtorrent" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install rtorrent on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall rtorrent on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: rtorrent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.6-3build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jose Luis Rivas
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1658
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.3), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libtorrent19, libxmlrpc-core-c3
Suggests: screen | dtach
Filename: pool/universe/r/rtorrent/rtorrent_0.9.6-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 435820
MD5sum: ef15d23a530d8fe1d13d1c71642b3a13
SHA1: 22e07b9d3b50f0f4a4caf7fa73d391174007e085
SHA256: a0eb15df54e1d430abbc0c19a25f94b56c3cdcb4e1ce1f4d260d21b0d848ae71
Homepage: https://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/
Description: ncurses BitTorrent client based on LibTorrent from rakshasa
Description-md5: 7ddfe646b12aeb5d27a2a2a9abddc8a7