Complete Guide: Installing podracer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "podracer" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install podracer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall podracer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: podracer
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Version: 1.4-3
Depends: bittorrent, python, curl, screen
Filename: pool/universe/p/podracer/podracer_1.4-3_all.deb
Size: 13766
MD5sum: ef96ef6b14986264528c10d27a3e032d
SHA1: 8670135c821baa04de10d9a7fa455f75288d4bbe
SHA256: c7223cb7017501133cbb14c7699da5db65cee7da19905d8778190d7350a7e222
Description-en: podcast aggregator/downloader
Podracer is a podcast downloader. It takes a file with the URLs to all your
podcast rss feeds and goes and gets the mp3s and stores them in a specified
location.
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Podracer has the following features:
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* Catchup feature updates the log without downloading all podcasts;
* Run as a cron job to automatically receive podcasts;
* Properly fails (with no error message for the sake of cron) if already
running;
* Download podcast enclosures of any file format;
* Support for BitTorrent downloading and seeding of podcasts;
* Configurable seed time management and upload bandwidth management;
* Background torrent seeding continues after program ends and stops
automatically;
* System-wide and user-specific configuration;
* User-specific subscription file and podcast download directories;
* Commentable subscription file - go ahead and mark it up;
* Fully configurable placement of files and directories;
* Support for dynamic creation of download directories, i.e. based on
date/time;
* Appears in podcasters' logs as a podcast aggregator;
* Automatic creation of m3u playlists;
* User may request that m3u not be created;
* Automatic removal of empty download directories.
Description-md5: 40df5daada63fcc07e900e2b90ff42d1
Homepage: http://podracer.sf.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu