How To Install transmission-cli on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-cli on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is transmission-cli
transmission-cli 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 package contains a (deprecated) stand-alone command-line client, transmission-remote to interface with transmission-daemon and tools to create, edit and inspect torrent files.
There are three methods to install transmission-cli on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-cli 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-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install transmission-cli
Install transmission-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install transmission-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install transmission-cli
Install transmission-cli 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-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install transmission-cli
How To Uninstall transmission-cli on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the transmission-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove transmission-cli
Uninstall transmission-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall transmission-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove transmission-cli
Remove transmission-cli Configurations and Data
To remove transmission-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge transmission-cli
Remove transmission-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove transmission-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge transmission-cli
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install transmission-cli package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
