{"id":10402,"date":"2020-07-02T16:39:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T16:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=10402"},"modified":"2025-06-20T13:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:23:31","slug":"install-amule-ubuntu-20-04-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/install-amule-ubuntu-20-04-lts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install aMule P2P Client in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10403\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amule-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For unknown reason, aMule, all-platform eMule P2P Client, is not included in Ubuntu 20.04 main repository.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s available in previous Ubuntu repositories as well as the next Ubuntu 20.04 main repository, you can manually download the package and dependencies from Ubuntu 18.04 and install them manually in Ubuntu 20.04.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10405\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amule-232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amule-232.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amule-232-450x313.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE: for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and higher, aMule has been added back into system repository. Simply open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the command below to install:<\/b><\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install amule<\/pre>\n<p>For Ubuntu 20.04, just download the deb packages and install them manually:<\/p>\n<p>1.) Click download the <code>amule<\/code> package:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+archive\/primary\/+files\/amule_2.3.2-6_amd64.deb\">amule .deb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.) Click download <code>amule-common<\/code> package:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+archive\/primary\/+files\/amule-common_2.3.2-6_all.deb\">amule-common .deb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.) Click download <code>amule-utils-gui<\/code> package (optional):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+archive\/primary\/+files\/amule-utils-gui_2.3.2-6_amd64.deb\">amule-utils-gui .deb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.) Finally download the <code>libwxgtk3.0-0v5<\/code> package:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+archive\/primary\/+files\/libwxgtk3.0-0v5_3.0.4+dfsg-12_amd64.deb\">libwxgtk3.0-0v5 .deb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When downloading processes finished, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) from system applications menu and run single command to install them:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt install ~\/Downloads\/amule*.deb ~\/Downloads\/libwxgtk*.deb<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10404\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dpkg-amule-600x123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dpkg-amule-600x123.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dpkg-amule-450x92.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dpkg-amule.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, launch the client from your system application menu and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><b>(Optional)<\/b> To remove the amule package as well as dependencies, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove amule<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For unknown reason, aMule, all-platform eMule P2P Client, is not included in Ubuntu 20.04 main repository. While it&#8217;s available in previous Ubuntu repositories as well as the next Ubuntu 20.04 main repository, you can manually download the package and dependencies from Ubuntu 18.04 and install them manually in Ubuntu 20.04. 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