How To Install elpa-transmission on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-transmission on Debian 11. elpa-transmission is Emacs interface to a Transmission session

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-transmission on Debian 11.

What is elpa-transmission

elpa-transmission is:

This package provides an Emacs interface to a Transmission session. A variety of commands are available for manipulating torrents and their contents, many of which can be applied over multiple items by selecting them with marks or within a region. One can add, start/stop, verify, remove torrents, set speed limits, ratio limits, bandwidth priorities, trackers, etc. Also, one can navigate to the corresponding file list, torrent info, or peer info contexts. In the file list, individual files can be toggled for download, and their priorities set.

There are three methods to install elpa-transmission on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install elpa-transmission Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-transmission using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-transmission

Install elpa-transmission Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-transmission using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elpa-transmission

Install elpa-transmission Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-transmission using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-transmission

How To Uninstall elpa-transmission on Debian 11

To uninstall only the elpa-transmission package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-transmission

Uninstall elpa-transmission And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-transmission and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-transmission

Remove elpa-transmission Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-transmission configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-transmission

Remove elpa-transmission configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elpa-transmission configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-transmission

Dependencies

elpa-transmission have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-transmission package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.