How to Install Transmission in Ubuntu 18.04

BitTorrent is a file sharing protocol and it is the most  efficient way of sharing large files between computers. We need a torrent client to download and share files via the BitTorrent protocol.

Transmission is a lightweight torrent client you can use on Ubuntu 18.04 to download torrents.

To install transmission on Ubuntu 18.04, Open the terminal and execute:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install transmission

Alternatively, transmission available in the Ubuntu software center to install. After installing the transmission client you can start it by going to Application menu.

In this guide we learn how to install transmission on Ubuntu 18.04. Transmission is a bittorrent client which allows you to download and share files over the internet using the bittorrent protocol. When downloading a file through transmission, you can either use a .torrent file or magnet link.