How To Install deluge-webui on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install deluge-webui on Ubuntu 18.04. deluge-webui is bittorrent client (web ui transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install deluge-webui on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is deluge-webui

deluge-webui is:

This is a transitional dummy package to ensure clean upgrades from old releases (the package deluge-webui is replaced by deluge-web). If nothing depends on it, this package can be safely removed after upgrade.

There are three methods to install deluge-webui on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-webui 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-webui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install deluge-webui

Install deluge-webui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install deluge-webui

Install deluge-webui 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install deluge-webui

How To Uninstall deluge-webui on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove deluge-webui

Uninstall deluge-webui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall deluge-webui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove deluge-webui

Remove deluge-webui Configurations and Data

To remove deluge-webui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge deluge-webui

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install deluge-webui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.