[5ef6186] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY transmission-download-http
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[07dd360] | 8 | "http://download.transmissionbt.com/files/transmission-&transmission-version;.tar.xz">
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[5ef6186] | 9 | <!ENTITY transmission-download-ftp " ">
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[f3a6abc9] | 10 | <!ENTITY transmission-md5sum "a5ef870c0410b12d10449c2d36fa4661">
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[bc23b4d] | 11 | <!ENTITY transmission-size "3.1 MB">
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[f3a6abc9] | 12 | <!ENTITY transmission-buildsize "275 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY transmission-time "0.6 SBU">
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[5ef6186] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[dd20c220] | 16 | <sect1 id="transmission" xreflabel="Transmission-&transmission-version;">
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[5ef6186] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="transmission.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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[dd20c220] | 24 | <title>Transmission-&transmission-version;</title>
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[5ef6186] | 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="transmission">
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[07dd360] | 27 | <primary sortas="a-Transmission">Transmission</primary>
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[5ef6186] | 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Transmission</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>Transmission</application> is a cross-platform, open source
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| 35 | BitTorrent client. This is useful for downloading large files (such as
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| 36 | Linux ISOs) and reduces the need for the distributors to provide server
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| 37 | bandwidth.
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| 38 | </para>
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| 39 |
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[204fe99] | 40 | &lfs74_checked;
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[5ef6186] | 41 |
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| 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&transmission-download-http;"/>
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| 47 | </para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>
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| 51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&transmission-download-ftp;"/>
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| 52 | </para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download MD5 sum: &transmission-md5sum;
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| 57 | </para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download size: &transmission-size;
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Estimated disk space required: &transmission-buildsize;
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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| 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Estimated build time: &transmission-time;
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| 72 | </para>
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| 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | </itemizedlist>
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| 75 |
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[204fe99] | 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 77 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 78 | <listitem>
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| 79 | <para>
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| 80 | Optional patch:
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| 81 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/transmission-&transmission-version;-qt4-1.patch"/>
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | </itemizedlist>
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| 85 |
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[5ef6186] | 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Transmission Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 89 | <para role="required">
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| 90 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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[1cefd4d7] | 91 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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[204fe99] | 92 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>, and
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[1cefd4d7] | 93 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>
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[5ef6186] | 94 | </para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended (to build a GUI)</bridgehead>
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| 97 | <para role="recommended">
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[204fe99] | 98 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/> and either
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| 99 | <xref linkend="qt4"/> or
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| 100 | <xref linkend="qt5"/>
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[5ef6186] | 101 | </para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 104 | <para role="optional">
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[204fe99] | 105 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
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| 106 | <xref linkend="gdb"/>
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[5ef6186] | 107 | </para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 110 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/transmission"/>
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| 111 | </para>
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| 112 | </sect2>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 115 | <title>Installation of Transmission</title>
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| 116 |
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[204fe99] | 117 | <para>If you want to build the Qt interface using <xref linkend="qt4"/>,
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| 118 | apply the following patch:</para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../transmission-&transmission-version;-qt4-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 121 |
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[5ef6186] | 122 | <para>
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| 123 | Install <application>Transmission</application> by running the following
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| 124 | commands:
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| 125 | </para>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 128 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>
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[204fe99] | 131 | If you have installed Qt and would like to compile the
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[8cce479c] | 132 | Qt GUI, run the following commands:
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[5ef6186] | 133 | </para>
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| 134 |
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[204fe99] | 135 | <screen><userinput>pushd qt &&
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| 136 | qmake qtr.pro &&
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| 137 | make &&
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[07dd360] | 138 | popd</userinput></screen>
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[5ef6186] | 139 |
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| 140 | <para>
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| 141 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 142 | </para>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <para>
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| 145 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 146 | </para>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 151 | If you compiled the Qt GUI, install it by running the following commands
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| 152 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 153 | </para>
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| 154 |
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[204fe99] | 155 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make INSTALL_ROOT=/usr -C qt install &&
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| 156 |
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[8cce479c] | 157 | install -m644 qt/transmission-qt.desktop /usr/share/applications/transmission-qt.desktop &&
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[204fe99] | 158 | install -m644 qt/icons/transmission.png /usr/share/pixmaps/transmission-qt.png</userinput></screen>
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[8cce479c] | 159 |
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| 160 | </sect2>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 163 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 164 |
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[1cefd4d7] | 165 | <!-- with-gtk is auto detected if gtk3 is present -->
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[8cce479c] | 166 | <para>
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[1cefd4d7] | 167 | <option>--without-gtk</option>: This switch disables building of the
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| 168 | <application>GTK+</application> interface if
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| 169 | <application>GTK+</application> is present on the system (useful for
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[f3a6abc9] | 170 | <application>Qt5</application> or cli only builds).
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[5ef6186] | 171 | </para>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | </sect2>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 176 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <segmentedlist>
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| 179 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[c3c56b2] | 180 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[5ef6186] | 181 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <seglistitem>
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| 184 | <seg>
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[07dd360] | 185 | transmission-cli, transmission-create, transmission-daemon,
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| 186 | transmission-edit, transmission-gtk, transmission-qt,
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| 187 | transmission-remote and transmission-show
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| 188 | </seg>
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[c3c56b2] | 189 | <seg>
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| 190 | None
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| 191 | </seg>
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[07dd360] | 192 | <seg>
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| 193 | /usr/share/transmission
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[5ef6186] | 194 | </seg>
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| 195 | </seglistitem>
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| 196 | </segmentedlist>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <variablelist>
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| 199 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 200 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 201 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <varlistentry id="transmission-cli">
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| 204 | <term><command>transmission-cli</command></term>
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| 205 | <listitem>
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| 206 | <para>
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| 207 | is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with scripting
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[8cce479c] | 208 | capabilities.
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[5ef6186] | 209 | </para>
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| 210 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-cli">
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| 211 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-cli">transmission-cli</primary>
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| 212 | </indexterm>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <varlistentry id="transmission-create">
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| 217 | <term><command>transmission-create</command></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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| 219 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 220 | is a command line tool used to create .torrent files.
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[5ef6186] | 221 | </para>
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| 222 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-create">
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| 223 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-create">transmission-create</primary>
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| 224 | </indexterm>
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| 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <varlistentry id="transmission-daemon">
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| 229 | <term><command>transmission-daemon</command></term>
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| 230 | <listitem>
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| 231 | <para>
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| 232 | is a daemon-based Transmission session that can be controlled via
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| 233 | RPC commands from transmission's web interface or
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[8cce479c] | 234 | <command>transmission-remote</command>.
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[5ef6186] | 235 | </para>
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| 236 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-daemon">
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| 237 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-daemon">transmission-daemon</primary>
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| 238 | </indexterm>
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| 239 | </listitem>
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| 240 | </varlistentry>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <varlistentry id="transmission-edit">
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| 243 | <term><command>transmission-edit</command></term>
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| 244 | <listitem>
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| 245 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 246 | is a command-line utility to modify .torrent files' announce URLs.
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[5ef6186] | 247 | </para>
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| 248 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-edit">
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| 249 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-edit">transmission-edit</primary>
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| 250 | </indexterm>
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| 251 | </listitem>
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| 252 | </varlistentry>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | <varlistentry id="transmission-gtk">
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| 255 | <term><command>transmission-gtk</command></term>
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| 256 | <listitem>
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| 257 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 258 | is a GTK+ bittorrent client.
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[5ef6186] | 259 | </para>
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| 260 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-gtk">
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| 261 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-gtk">transmission-gtk</primary>
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| 262 | </indexterm>
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| 263 | </listitem>
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| 264 | </varlistentry>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <varlistentry id="transmission-qt">
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| 267 | <term><command>transmission-qt</command></term>
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| 268 | <listitem>
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| 269 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 270 | is a Qt bittorrent client.
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[5ef6186] | 271 | </para>
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| 272 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-qt">
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| 273 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-qt">transmission-qt</primary>
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| 274 | </indexterm>
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| 275 | </listitem>
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| 276 | </varlistentry>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <varlistentry id="transmission-remote">
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| 279 | <term><command>transmission-remote</command></term>
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| 280 | <listitem>
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| 281 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 282 | is a remote control utility for transmission-daemon and transmission.
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[5ef6186] | 283 | </para>
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| 284 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-remote">
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| 285 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-remote">transmission-remote</primary>
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| 286 | </indexterm>
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| 287 | </listitem>
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| 288 | </varlistentry>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <varlistentry id="transmission-show">
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| 291 | <term><command>transmission-show</command></term>
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| 292 | <listitem>
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| 293 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 294 | is a command line tool to display bittorrent .torrent file metadata.
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[5ef6186] | 295 | </para>
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| 296 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-show">
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| 297 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-show">transmission-show</primary>
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| 298 | </indexterm>
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| 299 | </listitem>
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| 300 | </varlistentry>
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[8cce479c] | 301 |
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[5ef6186] | 302 | </variablelist>
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[8cce479c] | 303 |
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[5ef6186] | 304 | </sect2>
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[8cce479c] | 305 |
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[5ef6186] | 306 | </sect1>
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