How To Install libtorrent on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorrent on Rocky Linux 8. libtorrent is BitTorrent library with a focus on high performance & good code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorrent on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libtorrent

LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with a focus on high performance and good code. The library differentiates itself from other implementations by transfering directly from file pages to the network stack. On high-bandwidth connections it is able to seed at 3 times the speed of the official client.

We can use yum or dnf to install libtorrent on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtorrent.

Install libtorrent on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libtorrent using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libtorrent

Install libtorrent on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libtorrent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libtorrent

How To Uninstall libtorrent on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libtorrent

libtorrent Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/5f6fcb6e2df39b901ab132d68d40e57f1fbf3b
/usr/lib64/libtorrent.so.21
/usr/lib64/libtorrent.so.21.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libtorrent
/usr/share/doc/libtorrent/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtorrent/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/libtorrent/README
/usr/share/licenses/libtorrent
/usr/share/licenses/libtorrent/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorrent on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.