How To Install deluge-console on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install deluge-console on Kali Linux.

What is deluge-console

deluge-console is:

Deluge is a full-featured, multi-platform, multi-interface BitTorrent client using libtorrent-rasterbar in it’s backend and featuring multiple user-interfaces: GTK+, web and console.

It has been designed using the client-server model with a daemon process that handles all the bittorrent activity. The Deluge daemon is able to run on headless machines with the user-interfaces being able to connect remotely from any platform.

This package contains the console user-interface.

There are three methods to install deluge-console 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 deluge-console Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install deluge-console

Install deluge-console Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install deluge-console

Install deluge-console 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 deluge-console using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install deluge-console

How To Uninstall deluge-console on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove deluge-console

Uninstall deluge-console And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove deluge-console

Remove deluge-console Configurations and Data

To remove deluge-console configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge deluge-console

Remove deluge-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge deluge-console

Dependencies

deluge-console have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• deluge-console website

Summary

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