How To Install transgui on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install transgui on Ubuntu 18.04. transgui is Front-end to remotely control Transmission

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install transgui on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is transgui

transgui is:

This package contains Transmission Remote GUI, which is a feature rich, cross platform, front-end to remotely control Transmission daemon via its RPC protocol. It is faster and has more functionality than build-in Transmission web interface.

There are three methods to install transgui 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 transgui Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install transgui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install transgui

Install transgui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install transgui

Install transgui 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 transgui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install transgui

How To Uninstall transgui on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove transgui

Uninstall transgui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall transgui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove transgui

Remove transgui Configurations and Data

To remove transgui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge transgui

Remove transgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge transgui

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install transgui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.