How To Install ctorrent on Fedora 34

ctorrent is Command line BitTorrent client for unix-like environments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ctorrent on Fedora 34.

What is ctorrent

Enhanced CTorrent is a BitTorrent client for unix-like environments. High performance with minimal system resources and dependencies are a priority.

We can use yum or dnf to install ctorrent on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ctorrent.

Install ctorrent on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ctorrent using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ctorrent

Install ctorrent on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ctorrent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ctorrent

How To Uninstall ctorrent on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ctorrent

ctorrent Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/ctorrent
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/7a7415fa2aa23254ebc8942b5726c5cb04ef43
/usr/share/doc/ctorrent
/usr/share/doc/ctorrent/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ctorrent/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ctorrent/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ctorrent/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ctorrent/README
/usr/share/doc/ctorrent/README-DNH.TXT
/usr/share/doc/ctorrent/UserGuide

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ctorrent on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.