Tribler is a free and open source BitTorrent client application for Linux, Windows and MacOS. It is written in Python and released under GPL3 and LGPL3 licenses. It is based on custom build Tor-like onion routing network with end-to-end encryption. It comes with streaming support, family filter, custom proxy support, bandwidth limiting, seed limiting and many more.
How to Install Tribler on Ubuntu Linux
You can install Tribler via the native .deb package file and flatpak. Download the latest version of Tribler in .deb package file and save it in your Downloads folder. Now in your terminal app (ctrla+alt+t) run below Tribler installation command.
sudo apt install ./Downloads/tribler_7.12.1_all.deb
After the installation you can open it from the application menu or via below command.
tribler
Install Tribler via Flatpak:
First you need to install flatpak and flathub on your system and restart your system after the installation. Now in your terminal command line application run below Tribler flatpak install command. It will install the latest version of Tribler on your system.
flatpak install flathub org.tribler.Tribler
Open tribler using this command.
flatpak run org.tribler.Tribler
You can also uninstall tribler using below command.
sudo flatpak uninstall org.tribler.Tribler
That’s it.
