How to Install and Uninstall libtorrent-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libtorrent-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libtorrent-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libtorrent-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libtorrent-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libtorrent-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libtorrent-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 408
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jose Luis Rivas
Architecture: amd64
Source: libtorrent
Version: 0.13.6-1
Depends: libsigc++-2.0-dev, libtorrent19 (= 0.13.6-1)
Filename: pool/universe/libt/libtorrent/libtorrent-dev_0.13.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 51802
MD5sum: 2a5b0269a2e67a7a549d6ee566881be5
SHA1: 636ddfc82eb7630b3fbf5b40192602cb14477c36
SHA256: 51cbe46ae60a96dcc30f5aa67634deecb75047fe05f4cb8c833e4cbd7ffc272e
Description-en: C++ BitTorrent library by Rakshasa (development files)
LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix. It is
designed to avoid redundant copying and storing of data that other
clients and libraries suffer from.
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This package contains the files needed to compile and link programs
which use LibTorrent.
Description-md5: f80a46b339a0f082a22024cbd602e1e7
Homepage: https://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu