How To Install transmission-daemon on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-daemon on Rocky Linux 8. transmission-daemon is Transmission daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-daemon on Rocky Linux 8.

What is transmission-daemon

Transmission BitTorrent client daemon.

We can use yum or dnf to install transmission-daemon on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install transmission-daemon.

Install transmission-daemon on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install transmission-daemon

Install transmission-daemon on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install transmission-daemon

How To Uninstall transmission-daemon on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove transmission-daemon

transmission-daemon Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/transmission-daemon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/d8839dfc5daa0456752a2bfc60231d9840cc8d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service
/usr/share/man/man1/transmission-daemon.1.gz
/var/lib/transmission

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-daemon on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.