How To Install rb_libtorrent on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rb_libtorrent on CentOS 8.
What is rb_libtorrent
rb_libtorrent is a C++ library that aims to be a good alternative to all the other BitTorrent implementations around. It is a library and not a full featured client, although it comes with a few working example clients. Its main goals are to be very efficient (in terms of CPU and memory usage) as well as being very easy to use both as a user and developer.
We can use yum or dnf to install rb_libtorrent on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rb_libtorrent.
Install rb_libtorrent 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 rb_libtorrent using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rb_libtorrent
Install rb_libtorrent 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 rb_libtorrent using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rb_libtorrent
How To Uninstall rb_libtorrent on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rb_libtorrent package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rb_libtorrent
rb_libtorrent Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/97ebdb2f30537191c85e8b770ba3bcd1b0021c
/usr/lib64/libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10
/usr/lib64/libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10.0.0
/usr/share/doc/rb_libtorrent
/usr/share/doc/rb_libtorrent/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/rb_libtorrent/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/rb_libtorrent
/usr/share/licenses/rb_libtorrent/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rb_libtorrent on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.