How To Install transmission on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove transmission
Remove transmission Configurations and Data
To remove transmission configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
