How To Install deluge on Fedora 34

deluge is A GTK+ BitTorrent client with support for DHT, UPnP, and PEX

Introduction

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

What is deluge

Deluge is a new BitTorrent client, created using Python and GTK+. It is intended to bring a native, full-featured client to Linux GTK+ desktop environments such as GNOME and XFCE. It supports features such as DHT (Distributed Hash Tables), PEX (µTorrent-compatible Peer Exchange), and UPnP (Universal Plug-n-Play) that allow one to more easily share BitTorrent data even from behind a router with virtually zero configuration of port-forwarding.

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

Install deluge 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 deluge using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install deluge

Install deluge 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 deluge using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install deluge

How To Uninstall deluge on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove deluge

deluge Package Contents on Fedora 34

References

Summary

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