How To Install libtorrent on Fedora 34

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorrent on Fedora 34.

What is `libtorrent`

LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with a focus on high performance and good code. The library differentiates itself from other implementations by transfering directly from file pages to the network stack. On high-bandwidth connections it is able to seed at 3 times the speed of the official client. libtorrent 0.13.8 5.fc34 x86_64 372 k libtorrent-0.13.8-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora BitTorrent library with a focus on high performance & good code https GPLv2+ LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with a focus on high performance and good code. The library differentiates itself from other implementations by transfering directly from file pages to the network stack. On high-bandwidth connections it is able to seed at 3 times the speed of the official client.

We can use yum or dnf to install libtorrent on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtorrent.

Install libtorrent on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libtorrent using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libtorrent

Install libtorrent on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libtorrent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libtorrent

How To Uninstall libtorrent on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libtorrent package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libtorrent

libtorrent Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/00989444c7a58e0cc744fe6141c29aad80d321
/usr/lib64/libtorrent.so.21
/usr/lib64/libtorrent.so.21.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libtorrent
/usr/share/doc/libtorrent/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtorrent/README
/usr/share/licenses/libtorrent
/usr/share/licenses/libtorrent/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/b687ef4adc6464df454848c365dcad82918398
/usr/lib/libtorrent.so.21
/usr/lib/libtorrent.so.21.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libtorrent
/usr/share/doc/libtorrent/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtorrent/README
/usr/share/licenses/libtorrent
/usr/share/licenses/libtorrent/COPYING

References

[libtorrent website](https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent/ https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorrent on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.