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JR6
Asked: 2019-10-28 05:01:14 +0800 CST

How to install specific older version of Deluge with all the dependencies?

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I have deluged 1.3.15 running on Raspberry Pi. However, I'm running eoan and it comes with Deluge 2.0.3. Version 2 client isn't backward compatible with version 1 server, so I need to install Deluge 1.3.15.

From what I can tell, it isn't in the repo, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it installed otherwise. I tried downloading old disco binaries but there is a myriad of unmet dependencies which I'm not sure how to satisfy.

How can I get Deluge 1.3.15 running so I can connect to deluged?

package-management dependencies bittorrent deluge 19.10

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Original method for Ubuntu 19.10

    You can simply install packages from disco on your eoan system with

    cd ~/Downloads
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge-common_1.3.15-2_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge-gtk_1.3.15-2_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge_1.3.15-2_all.deb
sudo apt install ./deluge*.deb

    and then lock their versions with single long command:

    cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-deluge
Package: deluge
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluge-common
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluge-gtk
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337
EOF

    and enjoy:

    $ deluge --version
deluge: 1.3.15
libtorrent: 1.1.13.0

    Updated method for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

    You can simply install packages from bionic on your focal system with

    mkdir -p ~/Downloads/deluge
cd ~/Downloads/deluge
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/python-libtorrent_1.1.5-1build1_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar9_1.1.5-1build1_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost1.65.1/libboost-system1.65.1_1.65.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/b/boost1.65.1/libboost-python1.65.1_1.65.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge-common_1.3.15-2_all.deb
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/twisted/python-twisted-core_17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1_all.deb
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/twisted/python-twisted-bin_17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/incremental/python-incremental_16.10.1-3_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-glade2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-gtk2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/notify-python/python-notify_0.1.1-4_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge-common_1.3.15-2_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge-gtk_1.3.15-2_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge_1.3.15-2_all.deb

sudo apt install ./*.deb

    and then lock their versions with single long command:

    cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-deluge
Package: deluge
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluge-common
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluge-gtk
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: libtorrent-rasterbar9
Pin: version 1.1.5-1build1
Pin-Priority: 1337
EOF

    and enjoy:

    $ deluge --version
deluge: 1.3.15
libtorrent: 1.1.5.0
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  2. Thanks N0rbert! I have follow your instructions with a slight modification, all I installed was:

    wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge-common_1.3.15-2_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge-gtk_1.3.15-2_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge_1.3.15-2_all.deb

    Then locked the update up with:

    cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-deluge
Package: deluge
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluge-common
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluge-gtk
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: libtorrent-rasterbar9
Pin: version 1.1.5-1build1
Pin-Priority: 1337
EOF

    Followed by:

    sudo apt-get install -f
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  3. The above answers are good they deserve the credit I would have updated them with my info here but maybe that is incorrect, I do not want to break their good work.

    My use case is a deluged service running with a deluge-gtk watching that service. I was getting high ram usage due to the ubuntu upgrade 20.4, and the impending upgrade of deluge to 2.0.3+

    Also I upgraded libtorrent, that was a nightmare which completely broke everything. So this 1.3.15 works better for me on Ubuntu 20.4 It also required a lot of removing of lots of applications, but be warned I removed too much and it caused masses of issues.

    I was lost due to the various solutions out there on web, that cause all kinds of problems.

    If it wasn't for the above answers, I would still be lost.

    I followed the above instructions but added deluged / deluge-web / deluge-console

    wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge-web_1.3.15-2_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluged_1.3.15-2_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/deluge/deluge-console_1.3.15-2_all.deb

    changes to this command

    cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-deluge
Package: deluge
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluge-common
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluge-gtk
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluged
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluge-console
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: deluge-web
Pin: version 1.3.15-2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: libtorrent-rasterbar9
Pin: version 1.1.5-1build1
Pin-Priority: 1337
EOF
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