How To Install mldonkey-server on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mldonkey-server on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mldonkey-server
mldonkey-server is:
MLDonkey is a door to the ‘donkey’ network, a decentralized network used to exchange big files on the Internet. It is written in a wonderful language, called Objective-Caml, and present most features of the basic Windows donkey client, plus some more:
- works on UNIX-compatible platforms.
- remote control by telnet, WEB browser or GTK+ interface.
- access to EDonkey (edonkey2000, overnet, emule)
- access to Gnutella1/2
- access to Bittorrent
There are three methods to install mldonkey-server 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 mldonkey-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mldonkey-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mldonkey-server
Install mldonkey-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mldonkey-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mldonkey-server
Install mldonkey-server 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 mldonkey-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mldonkey-server
How To Uninstall mldonkey-server on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mldonkey-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mldonkey-server
Uninstall mldonkey-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mldonkey-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mldonkey-server
Remove mldonkey-server Configurations and Data
To remove mldonkey-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mldonkey-server
Remove mldonkey-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mldonkey-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mldonkey-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mldonkey-server package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
