How To Install podracer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install podracer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is podracer
podracer is:
Podracer is a podcast downloader. It takes a file with the URLs to all your podcast rss feeds and goes and gets the mp3s and stores them in a specified location.
Podracer has the following features:
* Catchup feature updates the log without downloading all podcasts;
* Run as a cron job to automatically receive podcasts;
* Properly fails (with no error message for the sake of cron) if already
running;
* Download podcast enclosures of any file format;
* Support for BitTorrent downloading and seeding of podcasts;
* Configurable seed time management and upload bandwidth management;
* Background torrent seeding continues after program ends and stops
automatically;
* System-wide and user-specific configuration;
* User-specific subscription file and podcast download directories;
* Commentable subscription file - go ahead and mark it up;
* Fully configurable placement of files and directories;
* Support for dynamic creation of download directories, i.e. based on
date/time;
* Appears in podcasters' logs as a podcast aggregator;
* Automatic creation of m3u playlists;
* User may request that m3u not be created;
* Automatic removal of empty download directories.
There are three methods to install podracer 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 podracer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install podracer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install podracer
Install podracer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install podracer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install podracer
Install podracer 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 podracer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install podracer
How To Uninstall podracer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the podracer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove podracer
Uninstall podracer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall podracer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove podracer
Remove podracer Configurations and Data
To remove podracer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge podracer
Remove podracer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove podracer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge podracer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install podracer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
