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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "rtorrent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install rtorrent on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

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
SHA512: f939321648db282424592a1185847d112907ec3406b294a7706381580f950318949e10b913f21ae399265cf1e0e50c19405caccc1f8c27f696c16e65c3618a37
Homepage: https://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/
Description-en: ncurses BitTorrent client based on LibTorrent from rakshasa
rtorrent is a BitTorrent client based on LibTorrent. It uses ncurses
and aims to be a lean, yet powerful BitTorrent client, with features
similar to the most complex graphical clients.
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Since it is a terminal application, it can be used with the "screen"/"dtach"
utility so that the user can conveniently logout from the system while keeping
the file transfers active.
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Some of the features of rtorrent include:
* Use an URL or file path to add torrents at runtime
* Stop/delete/resume torrents
* Optionally loads/saves/deletes torrents automatically in a session
directory
* Safe fast resume support
* Detailed information about peers and the torrent
* Support for distributed hash tables (DHT)
* Support for peer-exchange (PEX)
* Support for initial seeding (Superseeding)
Description-md5: 7ddfe646b12aeb5d27a2a2a9abddc8a7