[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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[42280956] | 7 | <!ENTITY transmission-download-http "https://transmission.cachefly.net/transmission-&transmission-version;.tar.xz">
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[5ef6186] | 8 | <!ENTITY transmission-download-ftp " ">
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[c93bd07] | 9 | <!ENTITY transmission-md5sum "3fce404a436e3cd7fde80fb6ed61c264">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY transmission-size "3.2 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY transmission-buildsize "338 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY transmission-time "1.6 SBU (with Qt and GTK gui interfaces)">
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[5ef6186] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[dd20c220] | 15 | <sect1 id="transmission" xreflabel="Transmission-&transmission-version;">
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[5ef6186] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="transmission.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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[dd20c220] | 23 | <title>Transmission-&transmission-version;</title>
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[5ef6186] | 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="transmission">
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[07dd360] | 26 | <primary sortas="a-Transmission">Transmission</primary>
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[5ef6186] | 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Transmission</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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| 33 | <application>Transmission</application> is a cross-platform, open source
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| 34 | BitTorrent client. This is useful for downloading large files (such as
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| 35 | Linux ISOs) and reduces the need for the distributors to provide server
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| 36 | bandwidth.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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[fd42347a] | 39 | &lfs7a_checked;
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[5ef6186] | 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&transmission-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&transmission-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &transmission-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &transmission-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &transmission-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &transmission-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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[204fe99] | 74 |
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[5ef6186] | 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Transmission Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 78 | <para role="required">
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| 79 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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[204fe99] | 80 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>, and
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[1cefd4d7] | 81 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>
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[5ef6186] | 82 | </para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended (to build a GUI)</bridgehead>
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| 85 | <para role="recommended">
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[eb3dbe3] | 86 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/> and
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[204fe99] | 87 | <xref linkend="qt5"/>
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[5ef6186] | 88 | </para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 91 | <para role="optional">
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[204fe99] | 92 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
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| 93 | <xref linkend="gdb"/>
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[5ef6186] | 94 | </para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 97 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/transmission"/>
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| 98 | </para>
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| 99 | </sect2>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 102 | <title>Installation of Transmission</title>
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| 103 | <para>
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[39372bab] | 104 | Install <application>Transmission</application> by running the
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| 105 | following commands:
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[5ef6186] | 106 | </para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 109 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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[39372bab] | 111 | <para>
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[c93bd07] | 112 | Compile the Qt GUI with the following commands:
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[5ef6186] | 113 | </para>
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| 114 |
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[204fe99] | 115 | <screen><userinput>pushd qt &&
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| 116 | qmake qtr.pro &&
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| 117 | make &&
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[07dd360] | 118 | popd</userinput></screen>
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[5ef6186] | 119 |
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| 120 | <para>
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| 121 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 122 | </para>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <para>
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| 125 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 126 | </para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 131 | If you compiled the Qt GUI, install it by running the following commands
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| 132 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 133 | </para>
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| 134 |
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[204fe99] | 135 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make INSTALL_ROOT=/usr -C qt install &&
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| 136 |
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[8cce479c] | 137 | install -m644 qt/transmission-qt.desktop /usr/share/applications/transmission-qt.desktop &&
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[204fe99] | 138 | install -m644 qt/icons/transmission.png /usr/share/pixmaps/transmission-qt.png</userinput></screen>
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[8cce479c] | 139 |
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| 140 | </sect2>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 143 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 144 |
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[1cefd4d7] | 145 | <!-- with-gtk is auto detected if gtk3 is present -->
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[8cce479c] | 146 | <para>
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[1cefd4d7] | 147 | <option>--without-gtk</option>: This switch disables building of the
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| 148 | <application>GTK+</application> interface if
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| 149 | <application>GTK+</application> is present on the system (useful for
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[f3a6abc9] | 150 | <application>Qt5</application> or cli only builds).
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[5ef6186] | 151 | </para>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | </sect2>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 156 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <segmentedlist>
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| 159 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[c3c56b2] | 160 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[5ef6186] | 161 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <seglistitem>
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| 164 | <seg>
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[07dd360] | 165 | transmission-cli, transmission-create, transmission-daemon,
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| 166 | transmission-edit, transmission-gtk, transmission-qt,
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| 167 | transmission-remote and transmission-show
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| 168 | </seg>
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[c3c56b2] | 169 | <seg>
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| 170 | None
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| 171 | </seg>
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[07dd360] | 172 | <seg>
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| 173 | /usr/share/transmission
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[5ef6186] | 174 | </seg>
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| 175 | </seglistitem>
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| 176 | </segmentedlist>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <variablelist>
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| 179 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 180 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 181 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry id="transmission-cli">
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| 184 | <term><command>transmission-cli</command></term>
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| 185 | <listitem>
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with scripting
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[8cce479c] | 188 | capabilities.
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[5ef6186] | 189 | </para>
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| 190 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-cli">
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| 191 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-cli">transmission-cli</primary>
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| 192 | </indexterm>
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| 193 | </listitem>
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| 194 | </varlistentry>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <varlistentry id="transmission-create">
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| 197 | <term><command>transmission-create</command></term>
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| 198 | <listitem>
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| 199 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 200 | is a command line tool used to create .torrent files.
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[5ef6186] | 201 | </para>
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| 202 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-create">
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| 203 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-create">transmission-create</primary>
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| 204 | </indexterm>
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| 205 | </listitem>
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| 206 | </varlistentry>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <varlistentry id="transmission-daemon">
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| 209 | <term><command>transmission-daemon</command></term>
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| 210 | <listitem>
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| 211 | <para>
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| 212 | is a daemon-based Transmission session that can be controlled via
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| 213 | RPC commands from transmission's web interface or
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[8cce479c] | 214 | <command>transmission-remote</command>.
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[5ef6186] | 215 | </para>
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| 216 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-daemon">
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| 217 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-daemon">transmission-daemon</primary>
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| 218 | </indexterm>
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| 219 | </listitem>
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| 220 | </varlistentry>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <varlistentry id="transmission-edit">
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| 223 | <term><command>transmission-edit</command></term>
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| 224 | <listitem>
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| 225 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 226 | is a command-line utility to modify .torrent files' announce URLs.
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[5ef6186] | 227 | </para>
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-edit">
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| 229 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-edit">transmission-edit</primary>
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| 230 | </indexterm>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <varlistentry id="transmission-gtk">
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| 235 | <term><command>transmission-gtk</command></term>
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| 236 | <listitem>
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| 237 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 238 | is a GTK+ bittorrent client.
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[5ef6186] | 239 | </para>
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| 240 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-gtk">
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| 241 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-gtk">transmission-gtk</primary>
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| 242 | </indexterm>
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| 243 | </listitem>
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| 244 | </varlistentry>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <varlistentry id="transmission-qt">
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| 247 | <term><command>transmission-qt</command></term>
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| 248 | <listitem>
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| 249 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 250 | is a Qt bittorrent client.
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[5ef6186] | 251 | </para>
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| 252 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-qt">
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| 253 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-qt">transmission-qt</primary>
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| 254 | </indexterm>
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| 255 | </listitem>
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| 256 | </varlistentry>
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| 257 |
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| 258 | <varlistentry id="transmission-remote">
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| 259 | <term><command>transmission-remote</command></term>
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| 260 | <listitem>
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| 261 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 262 | is a remote control utility for transmission-daemon and transmission.
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[5ef6186] | 263 | </para>
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| 264 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-remote">
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| 265 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-remote">transmission-remote</primary>
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| 266 | </indexterm>
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| 267 | </listitem>
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| 268 | </varlistentry>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <varlistentry id="transmission-show">
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| 271 | <term><command>transmission-show</command></term>
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| 272 | <listitem>
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| 273 | <para>
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[8cce479c] | 274 | is a command line tool to display bittorrent .torrent file metadata.
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[5ef6186] | 275 | </para>
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| 276 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-show">
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| 277 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-show">transmission-show</primary>
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| 278 | </indexterm>
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| 279 | </listitem>
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| 280 | </varlistentry>
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[8cce479c] | 281 |
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[5ef6186] | 282 | </variablelist>
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[8cce479c] | 283 |
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[5ef6186] | 284 | </sect2>
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[8cce479c] | 285 |
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[5ef6186] | 286 | </sect1>
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