How To Install python-transmissionrpc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-transmissionrpc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-transmissionrpc
python-transmissionrpc is:
transmissionrpc is a Python module implementing the JSON-RPC client protocol for the Bittorrent client Transmission. All Transmission features implemented up to version 1.93.
Also, package includes Python script helical.py, with CLI and interactive interfaces, which demonstrates transmissionrpc module usage.
This package contains the Python 2 module.
There are three methods to install python-transmissionrpc 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 python-transmissionrpc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-transmissionrpc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-transmissionrpc
Install python-transmissionrpc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-transmissionrpc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-transmissionrpc
Install python-transmissionrpc 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 python-transmissionrpc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-transmissionrpc
How To Uninstall python-transmissionrpc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-transmissionrpc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-transmissionrpc
Uninstall python-transmissionrpc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-transmissionrpc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-transmissionrpc
Remove python-transmissionrpc Configurations and Data
To remove python-transmissionrpc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-transmissionrpc
Remove python-transmissionrpc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-transmissionrpc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-transmissionrpc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-transmissionrpc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
