How To Install buildtorrent on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install buildtorrent on Debian 10.
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 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 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 10
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 10, 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 10 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 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
