How to Install and Uninstall rtorrent Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "rtorrent" package

Please follow the instructions below to install rtorrent on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall rtorrent on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: rtorrent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.8-1build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jose Luis Rivas
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2103
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libtorrent21, libxmlrpc-core-c3
Suggests: screen | dtach
Filename: pool/universe/r/rtorrent/rtorrent_0.9.8-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 581256
MD5sum: 0abc9eb6c9b88bf0cc871466d275c7f6
SHA1: 538990951fd127dd98ea8a59c078de6ceb9cd34f
SHA256: 5e620077f29e983ebd42bf4bdf8ba78460ace784b938682ff86bea4201270c37
Homepage: https://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/
Description: ncurses BitTorrent client based on LibTorrent from rakshasa
Description-md5: 7ddfe646b12aeb5d27a2a2a9abddc8a7