How To Install rtpg-www on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rtpg-www on Kali Linux.

What is rtpg-www

rtpg-www is:

RTPG (rTorrent Perl GUI) is a simple web interface for rTorrent. Users can scan/delete/add torrents and set their respective priorities.

There are three methods to install rtpg-www 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 rtpg-www Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rtpg-www using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rtpg-www

Install rtpg-www Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rtpg-www

Install rtpg-www 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.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install rtpg-www

How To Uninstall rtpg-www on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rtpg-www package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rtpg-www

Uninstall rtpg-www And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rtpg-www and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rtpg-www

Remove rtpg-www Configurations and Data

To remove rtpg-www configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rtpg-www

Remove rtpg-www configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rtpg-www

Dependencies

rtpg-www have the following dependencies:

• librpc-xml-perl
• libjson-xs-perl
• libjs-jquery
• libtemplate-perl
• rtorrent
• debconf
• apache2
• liblocale-po-perl
• libgeo-ipfree-perl
• libmime-types-perl
• famfamfam-flag-png
• libtree-simple-perl
• libcgi-simple-perl

References

• rtpg-www website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rtpg-www package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.