How To Install python-bittorrent on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bittorrent on Debian 9.
What is python-bittorrent
python-bittorrent is:
BitTorrent is a tool for distributing files. It’s extremely easy to use - downloads are started by clicking on hyperlinks. Whenever more than one person is downloading at once they send pieces of the file(s) to each other, thus relieving the central server’s bandwidth burden. Even with many simultaneous downloads, the upload burden on the central server remains quite small, since each new downloader introduces new upload capacity.
This package contains the Python modules.
There are three methods to install python-bittorrent 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 python-bittorrent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bittorrent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-bittorrent
Install python-bittorrent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bittorrent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-bittorrent
Install python-bittorrent 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 python-bittorrent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-bittorrent
How To Uninstall python-bittorrent on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-bittorrent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-bittorrent
Uninstall python-bittorrent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-bittorrent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bittorrent
Remove python-bittorrent Configurations and Data
To remove python-bittorrent configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-bittorrent
Remove python-bittorrent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-bittorrent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bittorrent
Dependencies
python-bittorrent have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bittorrent package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
