How To Install transmission-common on CentOS 8

transmission-common is Transmission common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-common on CentOS 8.

What is transmission-common

Common files for Transmission BitTorrent client sub-packages. It includes the web user interface, icons and transmission-remote, transmission-create, transmission-edit, transmission-show utilities.

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

Install transmission-common on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install transmission-common

Install transmission-common on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install transmission-common

How To Uninstall transmission-common on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove transmission-common

transmission-common Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/transmission-create
/usr/bin/transmission-edit
/usr/bin/transmission-remote
/usr/bin/transmission-show
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/4e617f10d02b0cda626b578a9ff2af51292de7
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/9bd53d324d0a9731ed57bf9304a6d9c5be22bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/1742841abe30dd01ae69aed87b3339a481b67e
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/7142b0b395ea3c1de24f013fae6b11e6aaf659
/usr/share/doc/transmission-common
/usr/share/doc/transmission-common/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/transmission-common/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/transmission-common/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/transmission-devel.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/transmission.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/transmission-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/licenses/transmission-common
/usr/share/licenses/transmission-common/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/transmission-create.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/transmission-edit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/transmission-remote.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/transmission-show.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/transmission.png
/usr/share/transmission
/usr/share/transmission/web
/usr/share/transmission/web/LICENSE
/usr/share/transmission/web/images
/usr/share/transmission/web/images/favicon.ico
/usr/share/transmission/web/images/favicon.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/images/webclip-icon.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/index.html
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/common.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/dialog.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/file-row.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/formatter.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/inspector.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/jquery-ui.min.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/jquery.min.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/jquery.transmenu.min.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/jquery.ui-contextmenu.min.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/jquery/json2.min.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/main.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/notifications.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/polyfill.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/prefs-dialog.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/remote.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/torrent-row.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/torrent.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/javascript/transmission.js
/usr/share/transmission/web/style
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-bg_flat_0_aaaaaa_40x100.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-bg_flat_75_ffffff_40x100.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-bg_glass_55_fbf9ee_1x400.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-bg_glass_65_ffffff_1x400.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-bg_glass_75_dadada_1x400.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-bg_glass_75_e6e6e6_1x400.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-bg_glass_95_fef1ec_1x400.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-bg_highlight-soft_75_cccccc_1x100.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-icons_222222_256x240.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-icons_2e83ff_256x240.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-icons_454545_256x240.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/images/ui-icons_cd0a0a_256x240.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/jqueryui/jquery-ui.min.css
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/common.css
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/arrow-down.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/arrow-up.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/blue-turtle.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/buttons
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/buttons/torrent_buttons.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/compact.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/file-priority-high.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/file-priority-low.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/file-priority-normal.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/filter_bar.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/filter_icon.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/inspector-files.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/inspector-info.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/inspector-peers.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/inspector-trackers.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/lock_icon.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/logo.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/progress.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/settings.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/toolbar-close.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/toolbar-folder.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/toolbar-info.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/toolbar-pause-all.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/toolbar-pause.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/toolbar-start-all.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/toolbar-start.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/turtle.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/images/wrench.png
/usr/share/transmission/web/style/transmission/mobile.css

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-common on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.