How to install Deluge on Ubuntu 17.04

To install Deluge on Ubuntu 17.04

Deluge is a free , cross platform and light-weight BitTorrent client built based on Python. It provides the application’ s network logic and is connected to either of the front ends tools like a text console, a web interface, and a graphical desktop interface. Moreover, its functionality can be extended by the addition of plugins . It is really very simple to install Deluge and this article covers the method to install Deluge on Ubuntu 17.04.

Installing Deluge

In order to install Deluge, it is very essential to add the required repository to your system. So, make sure you add it. Here the repository is added via PPA as follows.

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team/ppa
 Deluge Stable Release Packages

This repository contains packages for the latest stable releases of Deluge and stable libtorrent releases.

For more information, visit http://deluge-torrent.org

As the maintainer of this PPA, you can now support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deluge_cas
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~deluge-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmpqlrgx4tq/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: /tmp/tmpqlrgx4tq/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key C5E6A5ED249AD24C: public key " Launchpad PPA for Deluge Team"  imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK

Once the repository is added, you should update your system by making use of the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease    
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease                
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease              
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/js-reynaud/kicad-4/ubuntu zesty InRelease       
Hit:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease      
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [3,152 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [3,156 B]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [1,628 B]
Fetched 23.3 kB in 5s (4,449 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Once it is done, you shall proceed with the installation of Deluge by making use of the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install deluge
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  deluge-common deluge-gtk libappindicator1 libblas-common libblas3
  libboost-python1.62.0 libboost-random1.62.0 libgfortran3 libglade2-0
  libindicator7 liblapack3 libmikmod3 libportmidi0 libsdl-image1.2
  libsdl-mixer1.2 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libsdl1.2debian libsmpeg0
  libtorrent-rasterbar9 python-appindicator python-attr python-cairo
  python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-click python-colorama
  python-constantly python-cryptography python-enum34 python-gi python-glade2
  python-gobject python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-idna python-imaging
  python-incremental python-ipaddress python-libtorrent python-notify
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Setting up python-twisted-web (16.6.0-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up deluge-common (1.3.15-1~zesty~ppa2) ...
Setting up deluge-gtk (1.3.15-1~zesty~ppa2) ...
Setting up deluge (1.3.15-1~zesty~ppa2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...

The application has now been installed. You shall start the application from the search field of your Ubuntu dashboard by searching and launching it.

The Deluge application now appears on your screen and resembles the one given on the screen.

With this, the installation of Deluge on Ubuntu 17.04 comes to an end.