How To Install deluge on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install deluge on Debian 10.
What is deluge
deluge 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.
You may want to install this package to use Deluge in classic mode, which means the daemon and the GTK+ user-interface are linked together.
There are three methods to install deluge 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 deluge 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install deluge
Install deluge Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install deluge using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install deluge
Install deluge 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 deluge using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install deluge
How To Uninstall deluge on Debian 10
To uninstall only the deluge package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove deluge
Uninstall deluge And Its Dependencies
To uninstall deluge and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove deluge
Remove deluge Configurations and Data
To remove deluge configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge deluge
Remove deluge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove deluge configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge deluge
Dependencies
deluge have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install deluge package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.