How To Install bittorrent on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bittorrent on Debian 10.
What is bittorrent
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 tools which are used for console-only downloading. If you want the GUI interface, install the bittorrent-gui package.
There are three methods to install bittorrent on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 bittorrent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bittorrent
Install bittorrent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bittorrent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bittorrent
Install 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 bittorrent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bittorrent
How To Uninstall bittorrent on Debian 10
To uninstall only the bittorrent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bittorrent
Uninstall bittorrent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bittorrent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bittorrent
Remove bittorrent Configurations and Data
To remove bittorrent configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bittorrent
Remove bittorrent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bittorrent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bittorrent
Dependencies
bittorrent have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bittorrent package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
