How To Install transmission-daemon on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-daemon on Debian 11. transmission-daemon is lightweight BitTorrent client (daemon)

Introduction

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

What is transmission-daemon

transmission-daemon is:

Transmission is a set of lightweight BitTorrent clients (in GUI, CLI and daemon form). All its incarnations feature a very simple, intuitive interface on top on an efficient, cross-platform back-end.

This package contains the transmission-daemon. For the associated transmission-remote, see the package transmission-cli.

There are three methods to install transmission-daemon 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 transmission-daemon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install transmission-daemon

Install transmission-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install transmission-daemon

Install transmission-daemon 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 transmission-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install transmission-daemon

How To Uninstall transmission-daemon on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove transmission-daemon

Uninstall transmission-daemon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove transmission-daemon

Remove transmission-daemon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge transmission-daemon

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

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

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

Dependencies

transmission-daemon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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