How To Install amule on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amule on Ubuntu.
What is amule
amule is:
aMule is a peer-to-peer file sharing application, designed to connect to the eDonkey and Kad networks. It has a wide range of features, including many of the original eMule client, like:
- online signature, source exchange, compressed transfers, secure identification, and IP filter support
- boolean search, which can be local, global, or in the Kad network
- checks against aggressive clients
- slot allocation, to decide the number of remote clients
- systray works well both in GNOME and KDE
- translations to many languages
A daemonized version of the application that does not need a graphic environment to run is available in the amule-daemon package, and various utilities of interest can be found in the amule-utils and amule-utils-gui packages, including the ed2k link handler.
There are three methods to install amule on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install amule Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install amule using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amule
Install amule Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install amule using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amule
Install amule 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 amule using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amule
How To Uninstall amule on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the amule package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amule
Uninstall amule And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amule and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amule
Remove amule Configurations and Data
To remove amule configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amule
Remove amule configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amule configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amule
Dependencies
amule have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amule package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.