How To Install buildtorrent on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install buildtorrent on Debian 9. buildtorrent is command line torrent creation program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install buildtorrent on Debian 9.

What is buildtorrent

buildtorrent is:

buildtorrent is a torrent file creation program. Given an announce url and an input file or directory, buildtorrent generates an output .torrent file that can be used by torrent clients.

There are three methods to install buildtorrent on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install buildtorrent Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install buildtorrent using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install buildtorrent

Install buildtorrent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install buildtorrent using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install buildtorrent

Install buildtorrent Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install buildtorrent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install buildtorrent

How To Uninstall buildtorrent on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove buildtorrent

Uninstall buildtorrent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall buildtorrent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove buildtorrent

Remove buildtorrent Configurations and Data

To remove buildtorrent configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge buildtorrent

Remove buildtorrent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove buildtorrent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge buildtorrent

Dependencies

buildtorrent have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install buildtorrent package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.