How To Install transmission on Debian 11

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

Introduction

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

What is transmission

transmission 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 is just a metapackage depending on one of the front-end alternatives

There are three methods to install 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 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 transmission using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install transmission

Install transmission Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install transmission

Install 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 transmission using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install transmission

How To Uninstall transmission on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove transmission

Uninstall transmission And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove transmission

Remove transmission Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge transmission

Remove transmission configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge transmission

Dependencies

transmission have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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