How To Install qbittorrent on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qbittorrent
on Kali Linux.
What is qbittorrent
qbittorrent is:
BitTorrent client written in C++ and based on libtorrent-rasterbar with a Qt5 user interface. qBittorrent is a feature rich but lightweight client that is very similar to uTorrent. Its main features are:
- Polished uTorrent-like user interface
- Well integrated and extensible search engine
- Remote control through a Web user interface
- Vuze-compatible protocol encryption
- uTorrent-compatible Peer eXchange (PeX)
- DHT (trackerless) support
- UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding
- IPv6 compliant
- RSS support with advanced download filters
- Advanced control over torrent content and trackers
- IP Filtering (eMule / Peer Guardian filters)
- Torrents queueing and prioritizing
- Good localization (~25 languages supported)
- Unicode support
There are three methods to install qbittorrent
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qbittorrent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install qbittorrent
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install qbittorrent Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install qbittorrent
using apt
by running the following command:
Install qbittorrent Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install qbittorrent
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall qbittorrent on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qbittorrent
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall qbittorrent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qbittorrent
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove qbittorrent Configurations and Data
To remove qbittorrent
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove qbittorrent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qbittorrent
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
qbittorrent have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5xml5
- libssl1.1
- libstdc++6
- libtorrent-rasterbar10
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qbittorrent
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.