How to Install and Uninstall buildtorrent Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "buildtorrent" package

Please follow the instructions below to install buildtorrent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall buildtorrent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                buildtorrent
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the buildtorrent package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: buildtorrent
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 80
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jari Aalto
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/b/buildtorrent/buildtorrent_0.8-4_amd64.deb
Size: 23160
MD5sum: e43bc7b348daa6d5207ee53201d84746
SHA1: 0dc5916a5e54a648f6e63961bc1cd207a0b05714
SHA256: d880c1edf13a448b5cc524adb729ad901be1eb6925e2ea385033979de944d430
Description-en: command line torrent creation program
buildtorrent is a torrent file creation program. Given an announce url and an
input file or directory, buildtorrent generates an output .torrent file that
can be used by torrent clients.
Description-md5: 83acf29e32cd31820fc84a71fc6f942a
Homepage: http://claudiusmaximus.goto10.org/cm/torrent.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu