How to Install and Uninstall ktorrent Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "ktorrent" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ktorrent on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ktorrent on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ktorrent package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: ktorrent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.2.0-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian KDE Extras Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4492
Depends: kio, libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgeoip1 (>= 1.6.12), libkf5archive5 (>= 5.15), libkf5completion5 (>= 5.15), libkf5configcore5 (>= 5.15), libkf5configgui5 (>= 5.15), libkf5configwidgets5 (>= 5.15), libkf5coreaddons5 (>= 5.16.0), libkf5crash5 (>= 5.15.0), libkf5dbusaddons5 (>= 5.15), libkf5dnssd5 (>= 5.15), libkf5i18n5 (>= 5.15), libkf5iconthemes5 (>= 5.15), libkf5itemviews5 (>= 5.15), libkf5kcmutils5 (>= 5.15), libkf5kiocore5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5kiofilewidgets5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5kiowidgets5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5krosscore5 (>= 5.15), libkf5notifications5 (>= 5.15), libkf5notifyconfig5 (>= 5.15), libkf5parts5 (>= 5.15), libkf5plotting5 (>= 5.15), libkf5service-bin, libkf5service5 (>= 5.4.0+git20141113.1055+15.04), libkf5syndication5abi1 (>= 18.07.90), libkf5textwidgets5 (>= 5.15), libkf5torrent6abi1 (>= 2.2.0), libkf5widgetsaddons5 (>= 5.15), libkf5windowsystem5 (>= 5.62.0), libkf5xmlgui5 (>= 5.15), libphonon4qt5-4 (>= 4:4.8.0), libqt5core5a (>= 5.14.1), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.7.0), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.14.1) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.14.1), libqt5network5 (>= 5.7.0), libqt5webenginecore5 (>= 5.7.1), libqt5webenginewidgets5 (>= 5.14.1), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.11.0~rc1), libqt5xml5 (>= 5.7.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtag1v5 (>= 1.9.1-2.2~), phonon4qt5, ktorrent-data (= 5.2.0-1ubuntu1), libktorrent-l10n
Suggests: krosspython, geoip-database
Filename: pool/universe/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_5.2.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1005164
MD5sum: 5802503539597224ecda41262164d716
SHA1: ab42586225373b030ff55079200009855e20eba2
SHA256: d39afb87a54177456361f16148f500e7d2f4b26c92e489f2bc780c8ea17da8f2
SHA512: 17a57575456585c87bb70682366ebe8ef1073806f7e6f9553aeb456d7614502166e2b302cdb6e08ea6c10713d9a0bd7b6001f40302ecca09e36115d16444b1e9
Homepage: https://www.kde.org/applications/internet/ktorrent/
Description-en: BitTorrent client based on the KDE platform
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.
Description-md5: c46c4f39be5f1aa633d6a86ac4312a30
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, ubuntustudio-desktop