How To Install torrent-file-editor on CentOS 8

torrent-file-editor is Qt based GUI tool designed to create and edit .torrent files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install torrent-file-editor on CentOS 8.

What is torrent-file-editor

Qt based GUI tool designed to create and edit .torrent files. Features - create .torrent file from scratch - edit .torrent file in user-friendly way - edit .torrent file in tree format - edit .torrent file in JSON format - add, remove and interchange files in .torrent file - support for codings

We can use yum or dnf to install torrent-file-editor on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install torrent-file-editor.

Install torrent-file-editor on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install torrent-file-editor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install torrent-file-editor

Install torrent-file-editor on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install torrent-file-editor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install torrent-file-editor

How To Uninstall torrent-file-editor on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the torrent-file-editor package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove torrent-file-editor

torrent-file-editor Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/torrent-file-editor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/b84811e95c2c29796539aad1b2be358f2e1bc7
/usr/share/appdata/torrent-file-editor.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/torrent-file-editor.desktop
/usr/share/doc/torrent-file-editor
/usr/share/doc/torrent-file-editor/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/torrent-file-editor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/torrent-file-editor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/torrent-file-editor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/torrent-file-editor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/torrent-file-editor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/torrent-file-editor.png
/usr/share/licenses/torrent-file-editor
/usr/share/licenses/torrent-file-editor/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install torrent-file-editor on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.