[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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[2c596e3f] | 7 | <!ENTITY transmission-download-http "https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases/download/&transmission-version;/transmission-&transmission-version;.tar.xz">
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[5ef6186] | 8 | <!ENTITY transmission-download-ftp " ">
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[2c596e3f] | 9 | <!ENTITY transmission-md5sum "d73915000cf2871404b45a64969cea83">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY transmission-size "9.9 MB">
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[2a7be92] | 11 | <!ENTITY transmission-buildsize "360 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY transmission-time "1.4 SBU (with GTK gui interfaces; using parallelism=4)">
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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 |
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[dd20c220] | 19 | <title>Transmission-&transmission-version;</title>
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[5ef6186] | 20 |
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| 21 | <indexterm zone="transmission">
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[07dd360] | 22 | <primary sortas="a-Transmission">Transmission</primary>
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[5ef6186] | 23 | </indexterm>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to Transmission</title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>
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| 29 | <application>Transmission</application> is a cross-platform, open source
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| 30 | BitTorrent client. This is useful for downloading large files (such as
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| 31 | Linux ISOs) and reduces the need for the distributors to provide server
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| 32 | bandwidth.
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| 33 | </para>
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| 34 |
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[4ca7bec] | 35 | &lfs112_checked;
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[5ef6186] | 36 |
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| 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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| 40 | <para>
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| 41 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&transmission-download-http;"/>
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| 42 | </para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&transmission-download-ftp;"/>
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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 MD5 sum: &transmission-md5sum;
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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 size: &transmission-size;
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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 | Estimated disk space required: &transmission-buildsize;
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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 build time: &transmission-time;
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | </itemizedlist>
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[204fe99] | 70 |
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[ba5ca10] | 71 |
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[5ef6186] | 72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Transmission Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 75 | <para role="required">
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[94b42903] | 76 | <xref linkend="curl"/>, and
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| 77 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>
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[5ef6186] | 78 | </para>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended (to build a GUI)</bridgehead>
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| 81 | <para role="recommended">
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[2c596e3f] | 82 | <xref linkend="gtkmm3"/> or
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[204fe99] | 83 | <xref linkend="qt5"/>
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[5ef6186] | 84 | </para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 87 | <para role="optional">
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[2a7be92] | 88 | <xref linkend="nodejs"/> (for building the web client, not needed at run time)
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| 89 | <!-- TODO: add external dependencies -->
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[5ef6186] | 90 | </para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 93 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/transmission"/>
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| 94 | </para>
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| 95 | </sect2>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 98 | <title>Installation of Transmission</title>
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[a4f37269] | 99 |
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[ba5ca10] | 100 |
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| 101 |
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[5ef6186] | 102 | <para>
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[39372bab] | 103 | Install <application>Transmission</application> by running the
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| 104 | following commands:
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[5ef6186] | 105 | </para>
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| 106 |
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[2c596e3f] | 107 | <screen><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 108 | cd build &&
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[5ef6186] | 109 |
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[2c596e3f] | 110 | cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
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| 111 | -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
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[2a7be92] | 112 | -DCMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/transmission-&transmission-version; \
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| 113 | .. &&
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[5ef6186] | 114 |
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[2c596e3f] | 115 | make</userinput></screen>
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[5ef6186] | 116 |
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <para>
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| 119 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 120 | </para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <para>
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[2c596e3f] | 125 | As transmission.png seems to be missing, create it from the svg::
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[8cce479c] | 126 | </para>
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| 127 |
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[2a7be92] | 128 | <screen role="root"><userinput>rsvg-convert \
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| 129 | /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/transmission.svg \
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| 130 | -o /usr/share/pixmaps/transmission.png</userinput></screen>
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[8cce479c] | 131 |
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| 132 | </sect2>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 135 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 136 |
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[4da7077] | 137 | <para>
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[2a7be92] | 138 | <option>-DENABLE_QT=OFF</option>: This switch disables building
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| 139 | the <application>Qt5</application> client. The default is to build it
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| 140 | if <xref linkend="qt5"/> is installed.
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[2c596e3f] | 141 | </para>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <para>
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[2a7be92] | 144 | <option>-DENABLE_GTK=OFF</option>: This switch disables building
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| 145 | the GTK+-3 cli client. The default is to build it
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| 146 | <xref linkend="gtkmm3"/> is installed.
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[4da7077] | 147 | </para>
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| 148 |
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[8cce479c] | 149 | <para>
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[2a7be92] | 150 | <option>-DENABLE_WEB=OFF</option>: This switch disables building
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| 151 | the web client. The default is to build it if <xref linkend="nodejs"/>
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| 152 | is installed.
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[5ef6186] | 153 | </para>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | </sect2>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 158 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <segmentedlist>
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| 161 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[c3c56b2] | 162 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[5ef6186] | 163 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <seglistitem>
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| 166 | <seg>
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[07dd360] | 167 | transmission-cli, transmission-create, transmission-daemon,
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[2a7be92] | 168 | transmission-edit, transmission-gtk or transmission-qt,
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| 169 | transmission-remote, and transmission-show
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[07dd360] | 170 | </seg>
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[c3c56b2] | 171 | <seg>
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| 172 | None
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| 173 | </seg>
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[07dd360] | 174 | <seg>
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[2a7be92] | 175 | /usr/share/transmission (contains the web client, optional) and
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| 176 | /usr/share/doc/transmission-&transmission-version;
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[5ef6186] | 177 | </seg>
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| 178 | </seglistitem>
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| 179 | </segmentedlist>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <variablelist>
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| 182 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 183 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 184 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <varlistentry id="transmission-cli">
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| 187 | <term><command>transmission-cli</command></term>
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| 188 | <listitem>
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| 189 | <para>
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| 190 | is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with scripting
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[4c24eb0a] | 191 | capabilities
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[5ef6186] | 192 | </para>
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| 193 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-cli">
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| 194 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-cli">transmission-cli</primary>
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| 195 | </indexterm>
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| 196 | </listitem>
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| 197 | </varlistentry>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <varlistentry id="transmission-create">
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| 200 | <term><command>transmission-create</command></term>
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| 201 | <listitem>
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| 202 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 203 | is a command line tool used to create .torrent files
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[5ef6186] | 204 | </para>
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| 205 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-create">
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| 206 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-create">transmission-create</primary>
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| 207 | </indexterm>
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| 208 | </listitem>
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| 209 | </varlistentry>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <varlistentry id="transmission-daemon">
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| 212 | <term><command>transmission-daemon</command></term>
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| 213 | <listitem>
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| 214 | <para>
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| 215 | is a daemon-based Transmission session that can be controlled via
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| 216 | RPC commands from transmission's web interface or
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[4c24eb0a] | 217 | <command>transmission-remote</command>
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[5ef6186] | 218 | </para>
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| 219 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-daemon">
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| 220 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-daemon">transmission-daemon</primary>
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| 221 | </indexterm>
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| 222 | </listitem>
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| 223 | </varlistentry>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <varlistentry id="transmission-edit">
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| 226 | <term><command>transmission-edit</command></term>
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| 227 | <listitem>
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| 228 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 229 | is a command-line utility to modify .torrent files' announce URLs
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[5ef6186] | 230 | </para>
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| 231 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-edit">
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| 232 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-edit">transmission-edit</primary>
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| 233 | </indexterm>
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| 234 | </listitem>
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| 235 | </varlistentry>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <varlistentry id="transmission-gtk">
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| 238 | <term><command>transmission-gtk</command></term>
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| 239 | <listitem>
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| 240 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 241 | is a GTK+ bittorrent client
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[5ef6186] | 242 | </para>
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| 243 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-gtk">
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| 244 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-gtk">transmission-gtk</primary>
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| 245 | </indexterm>
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| 246 | </listitem>
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| 247 | </varlistentry>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <varlistentry id="transmission-qt">
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| 250 | <term><command>transmission-qt</command></term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 253 | is a Qt bittorrent client
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[5ef6186] | 254 | </para>
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| 255 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-qt">
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| 256 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-qt">transmission-qt</primary>
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| 257 | </indexterm>
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| 258 | </listitem>
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| 259 | </varlistentry>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <varlistentry id="transmission-remote">
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| 262 | <term><command>transmission-remote</command></term>
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| 263 | <listitem>
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| 264 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 265 | is a remote control utility for transmission-daemon and transmission
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[5ef6186] | 266 | </para>
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| 267 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-remote">
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| 268 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-remote">transmission-remote</primary>
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| 269 | </indexterm>
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| 270 | </listitem>
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| 271 | </varlistentry>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <varlistentry id="transmission-show">
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| 274 | <term><command>transmission-show</command></term>
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| 275 | <listitem>
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| 276 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 277 | is a command line tool to display bittorrent .torrent file metadata
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[5ef6186] | 278 | </para>
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| 279 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-show">
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| 280 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-show">transmission-show</primary>
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| 281 | </indexterm>
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| 282 | </listitem>
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| 283 | </varlistentry>
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[8cce479c] | 284 |
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[5ef6186] | 285 | </variablelist>
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[8cce479c] | 286 |
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[5ef6186] | 287 | </sect2>
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[8cce479c] | 288 |
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[5ef6186] | 289 | </sect1>
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