1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
|
---|
2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
|
---|
3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
|
---|
4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
|
---|
5 | %general-entities;
|
---|
6 |
|
---|
7 | <!ENTITY transmission-download-http "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/transmission/transmission-releases/master/transmission-&transmission-version;.tar.xz">
|
---|
8 | <!ENTITY transmission-download-ftp " ">
|
---|
9 | <!ENTITY transmission-md5sum "a23a32672b83c89b9b61e90408f53d98">
|
---|
10 | <!ENTITY transmission-size "3.2 MB">
|
---|
11 | <!ENTITY transmission-buildsize "228 MB">
|
---|
12 | <!ENTITY transmission-time "0.5 SBU (with Qt and GTK gui interfaces; using parallelism=4)">
|
---|
13 | ]>
|
---|
14 |
|
---|
15 | <sect1 id="transmission" xreflabel="Transmission-&transmission-version;">
|
---|
16 | <?dbhtml filename="transmission.html"?>
|
---|
17 |
|
---|
18 | <sect1info>
|
---|
19 | <date>$Date$</date>
|
---|
20 | </sect1info>
|
---|
21 |
|
---|
22 | <title>Transmission-&transmission-version;</title>
|
---|
23 |
|
---|
24 | <indexterm zone="transmission">
|
---|
25 | <primary sortas="a-Transmission">Transmission</primary>
|
---|
26 | </indexterm>
|
---|
27 |
|
---|
28 | <sect2 role="package">
|
---|
29 | <title>Introduction to Transmission</title>
|
---|
30 |
|
---|
31 | <para>
|
---|
32 | <application>Transmission</application> is a cross-platform, open source
|
---|
33 | BitTorrent client. This is useful for downloading large files (such as
|
---|
34 | Linux ISOs) and reduces the need for the distributors to provide server
|
---|
35 | bandwidth.
|
---|
36 | </para>
|
---|
37 |
|
---|
38 | <note><para>
|
---|
39 | The download speed of the client defaults to 50 KB/s which is quite slow.
|
---|
40 | It can be raised, but even on a fast internet connection, the highest
|
---|
41 | speeds seen were about 500 KB/s. For those that have internet capabilities
|
---|
42 | faster than about 1 MB/s, direct downloads (if available) will be much faster.
|
---|
43 | </para></note>
|
---|
44 |
|
---|
45 | &lfs111_checked;
|
---|
46 |
|
---|
47 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
|
---|
48 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
|
---|
49 | <listitem>
|
---|
50 | <para>
|
---|
51 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&transmission-download-http;"/>
|
---|
52 | </para>
|
---|
53 | </listitem>
|
---|
54 | <listitem>
|
---|
55 | <para>
|
---|
56 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&transmission-download-ftp;"/>
|
---|
57 | </para>
|
---|
58 | </listitem>
|
---|
59 | <listitem>
|
---|
60 | <para>
|
---|
61 | Download MD5 sum: &transmission-md5sum;
|
---|
62 | </para>
|
---|
63 | </listitem>
|
---|
64 | <listitem>
|
---|
65 | <para>
|
---|
66 | Download size: &transmission-size;
|
---|
67 | </para>
|
---|
68 | </listitem>
|
---|
69 | <listitem>
|
---|
70 | <para>
|
---|
71 | Estimated disk space required: &transmission-buildsize;
|
---|
72 | </para>
|
---|
73 | </listitem>
|
---|
74 | <listitem>
|
---|
75 | <para>
|
---|
76 | Estimated build time: &transmission-time;
|
---|
77 | </para>
|
---|
78 | </listitem>
|
---|
79 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
80 |
|
---|
81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
|
---|
82 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
|
---|
83 | <listitem>
|
---|
84 | <para>
|
---|
85 | Optional patch:
|
---|
86 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/transmission-&transmission-version;-pidfile_doc-1.patch"/>
|
---|
87 | </para>
|
---|
88 | </listitem>
|
---|
89 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
90 |
|
---|
91 |
|
---|
92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Transmission Dependencies</bridgehead>
|
---|
93 |
|
---|
94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
|
---|
95 | <para role="required">
|
---|
96 | <xref linkend="curl"/>, and
|
---|
97 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>
|
---|
98 | </para>
|
---|
99 |
|
---|
100 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended (to build a GUI)</bridgehead>
|
---|
101 | <para role="recommended">
|
---|
102 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/> and
|
---|
103 | <xref linkend="qt5"/>
|
---|
104 | </para>
|
---|
105 |
|
---|
106 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
|
---|
107 | <para role="optional">
|
---|
108 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
|
---|
109 | <xref linkend="gdb"/>
|
---|
110 | </para>
|
---|
111 |
|
---|
112 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
|
---|
113 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/transmission"/>
|
---|
114 | </para>
|
---|
115 | </sect2>
|
---|
116 |
|
---|
117 | <sect2 role="installation">
|
---|
118 | <title>Installation of Transmission</title>
|
---|
119 |
|
---|
120 | <para>
|
---|
121 | Apply an optional patch to document the pid-file option
|
---|
122 | on the man-page of <command>transmission-daemon</command>:
|
---|
123 | </para>
|
---|
124 |
|
---|
125 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../transmission-&transmission-version;-pidfile_doc-1.patch</userinput></screen>
|
---|
126 |
|
---|
127 |
|
---|
128 | <para>
|
---|
129 | Install <application>Transmission</application> by running the
|
---|
130 | following commands:
|
---|
131 | </para>
|
---|
132 |
|
---|
133 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-cli &&
|
---|
134 | make</userinput></screen>
|
---|
135 |
|
---|
136 | <para>
|
---|
137 | Compile the Qt GUI with the following commands:
|
---|
138 | </para>
|
---|
139 |
|
---|
140 | <screen><userinput>pushd qt &&
|
---|
141 | qmake qtr.pro &&
|
---|
142 | make &&
|
---|
143 | popd</userinput></screen>
|
---|
144 |
|
---|
145 | <para>
|
---|
146 | This package does not come with a test suite.
|
---|
147 | </para>
|
---|
148 |
|
---|
149 | <para>
|
---|
150 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
|
---|
151 | </para>
|
---|
152 |
|
---|
153 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
|
---|
154 |
|
---|
155 | <para>
|
---|
156 | If you compiled the Qt GUI, install it by running the following commands
|
---|
157 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
|
---|
158 | </para>
|
---|
159 |
|
---|
160 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make INSTALL_ROOT=/usr -C qt install &&
|
---|
161 |
|
---|
162 | install -m644 qt/transmission-qt.desktop /usr/share/applications/transmission-qt.desktop &&
|
---|
163 | install -m644 qt/icons/transmission.png /usr/share/pixmaps/transmission-qt.png</userinput></screen>
|
---|
164 |
|
---|
165 | </sect2>
|
---|
166 |
|
---|
167 | <sect2 role="commands">
|
---|
168 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
|
---|
169 |
|
---|
170 | <para>
|
---|
171 | <option>--enable-cli</option>: This switch enables building the cli client.
|
---|
172 | </para>
|
---|
173 |
|
---|
174 | <!-- with-gtk is auto detected if gtk3 is present -->
|
---|
175 | <para>
|
---|
176 | <option>--without-gtk</option>: This switch disables building of the
|
---|
177 | <application>GTK+</application> interface if
|
---|
178 | <application>GTK+</application> is present on the system (useful for
|
---|
179 | <application>Qt5</application> or cli only builds).
|
---|
180 | </para>
|
---|
181 |
|
---|
182 | </sect2>
|
---|
183 |
|
---|
184 | <sect2 role="content">
|
---|
185 | <title>Contents</title>
|
---|
186 |
|
---|
187 | <segmentedlist>
|
---|
188 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
---|
189 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
---|
190 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
|
---|
191 |
|
---|
192 | <seglistitem>
|
---|
193 | <seg>
|
---|
194 | transmission-cli, transmission-create, transmission-daemon,
|
---|
195 | transmission-edit, transmission-gtk, transmission-qt,
|
---|
196 | transmission-remote and transmission-show
|
---|
197 | </seg>
|
---|
198 | <seg>
|
---|
199 | None
|
---|
200 | </seg>
|
---|
201 | <seg>
|
---|
202 | /usr/share/transmission
|
---|
203 | </seg>
|
---|
204 | </seglistitem>
|
---|
205 | </segmentedlist>
|
---|
206 |
|
---|
207 | <variablelist>
|
---|
208 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
---|
209 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
---|
210 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
---|
211 |
|
---|
212 | <varlistentry id="transmission-cli">
|
---|
213 | <term><command>transmission-cli</command></term>
|
---|
214 | <listitem>
|
---|
215 | <para>
|
---|
216 | is a lightweight, command-line BitTorrent client with scripting
|
---|
217 | capabilities
|
---|
218 | </para>
|
---|
219 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-cli">
|
---|
220 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-cli">transmission-cli</primary>
|
---|
221 | </indexterm>
|
---|
222 | </listitem>
|
---|
223 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
224 |
|
---|
225 | <varlistentry id="transmission-create">
|
---|
226 | <term><command>transmission-create</command></term>
|
---|
227 | <listitem>
|
---|
228 | <para>
|
---|
229 | is a command line tool used to create .torrent files
|
---|
230 | </para>
|
---|
231 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-create">
|
---|
232 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-create">transmission-create</primary>
|
---|
233 | </indexterm>
|
---|
234 | </listitem>
|
---|
235 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
236 |
|
---|
237 | <varlistentry id="transmission-daemon">
|
---|
238 | <term><command>transmission-daemon</command></term>
|
---|
239 | <listitem>
|
---|
240 | <para>
|
---|
241 | is a daemon-based Transmission session that can be controlled via
|
---|
242 | RPC commands from transmission's web interface or
|
---|
243 | <command>transmission-remote</command>
|
---|
244 | </para>
|
---|
245 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-daemon">
|
---|
246 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-daemon">transmission-daemon</primary>
|
---|
247 | </indexterm>
|
---|
248 | </listitem>
|
---|
249 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
250 |
|
---|
251 | <varlistentry id="transmission-edit">
|
---|
252 | <term><command>transmission-edit</command></term>
|
---|
253 | <listitem>
|
---|
254 | <para>
|
---|
255 | is a command-line utility to modify .torrent files' announce URLs
|
---|
256 | </para>
|
---|
257 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-edit">
|
---|
258 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-edit">transmission-edit</primary>
|
---|
259 | </indexterm>
|
---|
260 | </listitem>
|
---|
261 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
262 |
|
---|
263 | <varlistentry id="transmission-gtk">
|
---|
264 | <term><command>transmission-gtk</command></term>
|
---|
265 | <listitem>
|
---|
266 | <para>
|
---|
267 | is a GTK+ bittorrent client
|
---|
268 | </para>
|
---|
269 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-gtk">
|
---|
270 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-gtk">transmission-gtk</primary>
|
---|
271 | </indexterm>
|
---|
272 | </listitem>
|
---|
273 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
274 |
|
---|
275 | <varlistentry id="transmission-qt">
|
---|
276 | <term><command>transmission-qt</command></term>
|
---|
277 | <listitem>
|
---|
278 | <para>
|
---|
279 | is a Qt bittorrent client
|
---|
280 | </para>
|
---|
281 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-qt">
|
---|
282 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-qt">transmission-qt</primary>
|
---|
283 | </indexterm>
|
---|
284 | </listitem>
|
---|
285 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
286 |
|
---|
287 | <varlistentry id="transmission-remote">
|
---|
288 | <term><command>transmission-remote</command></term>
|
---|
289 | <listitem>
|
---|
290 | <para>
|
---|
291 | is a remote control utility for transmission-daemon and transmission
|
---|
292 | </para>
|
---|
293 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-remote">
|
---|
294 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-remote">transmission-remote</primary>
|
---|
295 | </indexterm>
|
---|
296 | </listitem>
|
---|
297 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
298 |
|
---|
299 | <varlistentry id="transmission-show">
|
---|
300 | <term><command>transmission-show</command></term>
|
---|
301 | <listitem>
|
---|
302 | <para>
|
---|
303 | is a command line tool to display bittorrent .torrent file metadata
|
---|
304 | </para>
|
---|
305 | <indexterm zone="transmission transmission-show">
|
---|
306 | <primary sortas="b-transmission-show">transmission-show</primary>
|
---|
307 | </indexterm>
|
---|
308 | </listitem>
|
---|
309 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
310 |
|
---|
311 | </variablelist>
|
---|
312 |
|
---|
313 | </sect2>
|
---|
314 |
|
---|
315 | </sect1>
|
---|