How to install Transmission BitTorrent client 2.92 on Ubuntu 16.04

How to install Transmission BitTorrent client 2.92 on Ubuntu 16.04

A Bittorrent client enables you to exchange data as a peer in one or more swarms. There are whole lot of BitTorrent clients, today we are going to see the installation procedure of Transmission BitTorrent client on Ubuntu. Transmission 2.92 BitTorrent Client recently released, is an open-source, cross-platform BitTorrent client application with low memory footprint. It comes in both GUI, CLI and daemon form. All its features are very simple, intuitive interface on top of an efficient, cross-platform back-end.

Features

• Uses fewer resources than other clients
• Native Mac, GTK+ and Qt GUI clients
• Daemon ideal for servers, embedded systems, and headless use
• All these can be remote controlled by Web and Terminal clients
• Local Peer Discovery
• Full encryption, DHT, µ TP, PEX and Magnet Link support

Installation procedure

Before beginning the instalallation procedure, add the bitTorrent client package into repository via ppa.

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa
 Stable builds of transmissionbt
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~transmissionbt/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg: key 365C5CA1: public key " Launchpad PPA for transmissionbt"  imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

After adding the required packages, update the machine by executing the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/transmissionbt/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease              
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Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Fetched 306 kB in 1s (172 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Install the transmission package by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install transmission
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up transmission-common (2.92-1ubuntu1~16.104.2) ...
Setting up transmission-gtk (2.92-1ubuntu1~16.104.2) ...
Setting up transmission (2.92-1ubuntu1~16.104.2) ..

The Transmission BitTorrent client is installed successfully. Launch the Bit-torrent client package from Ubuntu dashboard by typing the package name and click on the icon to run the application.

The Transmission BitTorrent client is installed successfully in your system. Enjoy downloading files by using Transmission client.

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