How To Install libtorrent21 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorrent21
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libtorrent21
libtorrent21 is:
LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix. It is designed to avoid redundant copying and storing of data that other clients and libraries suffer from.
There are three methods to install libtorrent21
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtorrent21 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtorrent21
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtorrent21
Install libtorrent21 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtorrent21
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtorrent21
Install libtorrent21 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 libtorrent21
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtorrent21
How To Uninstall libtorrent21 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libtorrent21
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtorrent21
Uninstall libtorrent21 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtorrent21
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtorrent21
Remove libtorrent21 Configurations and Data
To remove libtorrent21
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtorrent21
Remove libtorrent21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtorrent21
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtorrent21
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorrent21
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.