Information about the package, libtorrent, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libtorrent package is designed for, BitTorrent library with a focus on high performance & good code.
Package Name:
libtorrent
Summary:
BitTorrent library with a focus on high performance & good code
Description:
LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with a focus on high performance and good code. The library differentiates itself from other implementations by transfering directly from file pages to the network stack. On high-bandwidth connections it is able to seed at 3 times the speed of the official client.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.13.4
Release:
4.el6
Size:
381 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the libtorrent package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libtorrent
This command will install libtorrent on the server.
yum remove libtorrent
This command will un-install libtorrent on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libtorrent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libtorrent
This command will un-install libtorrent on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libtorrent when using the -y flag.
yum update libtorrent
This command will update libtorrent to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libtorrent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libtorrent
This command will update libtorrent to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libtorrent when using the -y flag.
yum info libtorrent
This command will show you core information about the libtorrent package.
yum deplist libtorrent
This command will show you the dependencies for libtorrent. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libtorrent
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libtorrent. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.