buildtorrent software package provides command line torrent creation program, 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 buildtorrent
buildtorrent is installed in your system.
Make ensure the buildtorrent package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep buildtorrent *
You will get with buildtorrent package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Network |
| Package | buildtorrent |
| Version | 0.8-4 |
| Description | command line torrent creation program |
| Sub Section | Net |