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ktorrent


Information about the package, ktorrent, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ktorrent package is designed for, A BitTorrent program.


Package Name:

ktorrent

Summary:

A BitTorrent program

Description:

KTorrent is a BitTorrent program for KDE. Its main features are native KDE integration, download of torrent files, upload speed capping, internet searching using various search engines, UDP Trackers and UPnP support.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.3.4

Release:

1.el6

Size:

2.3 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for ktorrent


Control the ktorrent package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install ktorrent

This command will install ktorrent on the server.

yum remove ktorrent

This command will un-install ktorrent on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ktorrent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove ktorrent

This command will un-install ktorrent 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 ktorrent when using the -y flag.

yum update ktorrent

This command will update ktorrent to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ktorrent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update ktorrent

This command will update ktorrent 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 ktorrent when using the -y flag.

yum info ktorrent

This command will show you core information about the ktorrent package.

yum deplist ktorrent

This command will show you the dependencies for ktorrent. 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 ktorrent

This command will check if there is an update waiting on ktorrent. 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.