bittorrent software package provides Original BitTorrent client - console tools, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install bittorrent
bittorrent is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bittorrent package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bittorrent *
You will get with bittorrent package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Network |
| Package | bittorrent |
| Version | 3.4.2-12 |
| Description | Original BitTorrent client - console tools |
| Sub Section | Net |