How to Install Deluge BitTorrent Client on Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop/Server

LinuxBabe
1 min readMay 7, 2020

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This tutorial will be showing you how to install Deluge on Ubuntu 20.04 desktop and server. Deluge is a free, open-source (GPL3) and lightweight BitTorrent client, available for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows. It has a rich collection of plugins that you can install to extend its functionality. For example, you can install the streaming plugin so you can stream video or audio directly from Deluge while downloading. The latest stable version, 2.0.3, was released on June 12, 2019.

Install Latest Version of Deluge on Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop from PPA

Ubuntu 20.04 software repository includes Deluge 2.0.3. However, when a newer version comes out, it would take some time for the Ubuntu team to update it. To ensure you get the newest version as soon as possible, you need to install it from the official Deluge PPA. Open up a terminal window, then run the following 2 commands one at a time.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team/stablesudo apt install deluge

This PPA also works on other Linux distributions that are based on Ubuntu such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

Read full tutorial here: https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/install-deluge-bittorrent-client-ubuntu-20-04

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