How To Install transmission-qt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-qt on Rocky Linux 8. transmission-qt is Transmission Qt interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-qt on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `transmission-qt`

Qt graphical interface of Transmission BitTorrent client.

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

Install transmission-qt on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install transmission-qt

Install transmission-qt on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install transmission-qt

How To Uninstall transmission-qt on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove transmission-qt

transmission-qt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/transmission-qt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/9bd8421790f4ca6e1c1c2d607ff74f1d9b71e0
/usr/share/applications/transmission-qt.desktop
/usr/share/man/man1/transmission-qt.1.gz

References

transmission-qt website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-qt on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.