How To Install btcheck on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install btcheck on Kali Linux.

What is btcheck

btcheck is:

Btcheck can check downloaded data integrity according to the given torrent and it can also show the information stored in the torrent file (announce trackers, list of files with their size, torrent hash value, creation date, comments, …).

There are three methods to install btcheck on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install btcheck Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install btcheck using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install btcheck

Install btcheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install btcheck using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install btcheck

Install btcheck Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install btcheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install btcheck

How To Uninstall btcheck on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove btcheck

Uninstall btcheck And Its Dependencies

To uninstall btcheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove btcheck

Remove btcheck Configurations and Data

To remove btcheck configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge btcheck

Remove btcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove btcheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge btcheck

Dependencies

btcheck have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• btcheck website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install btcheck package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.