How to Install and Uninstall vlc-plugin-bittorrent Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "vlc-plugin-bittorrent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install vlc-plugin-bittorrent on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "vlc-plugin-bittorrent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall vlc-plugin-bittorrent on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vlc-plugin-bittorrent package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: vlc-plugin-bittorrent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.12-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Petter Reinholdtsen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 176
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 7), libtorrent-rasterbar10 (>= 1.2.9), libvlccore9 (>= 3.0.0)
Enhances: vlc
Filename: pool/universe/v/vlc-plugin-bittorrent/vlc-plugin-bittorrent_2.12-2_amd64.deb
Size: 48560
MD5sum: 20cb93d099a95337dad8a53237ac1925
SHA1: cc448357771921526d72588aa11c062cbc1d729b
SHA256: e474286fcad59310cb1749a43019934c56298af8c8409904d7d7d8afcb7c8143
SHA512: 60bef18df9a4f1409da429c5b28cb707fb605957a5d3da4c814155db9c6b2b21e9f5fd50ad68998ab5b6069a3647150c256d6a680f2088c2f8f6b3c266e4f102
Homepage: https://github.com/johang/vlc-bittorrent
Description-en: Bittorrent plugin for VLC
VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player.
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This plugin adds support streaming content using bittorrent, either by
specifying a torrent file, or by providing a magnet link.
Description-md5: db5d6209f22d25e23629083aa11da2e1