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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "rtorrent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install rtorrent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: rtorrent
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1649
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jose Luis Rivas
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.6-2build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3 (>= 7.16.3), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libtorrent19, libxmlrpc-core-c3
Suggests: screen | dtach
Filename: pool/universe/r/rtorrent/rtorrent_0.9.6-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 467544
MD5sum: 498c8636bcfe6060cf53db0f29fa9bbc
SHA1: b6de388b735369efd081be531b13e5ee8d14e166
SHA256: dedcf1b21fe44886ddda59a77ad76883271c8d287d3e49aac065af8b12a5deab
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
Homepage: https://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu