%general-entities; ]> Transmission Transmission is a cross-platform, open source BitTorrent client. This is useful for downloading large files (such as Linux ISOs) and reduces the need for the distributors to provide server bandwidth. &lfs120_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &transmission-md5sum; Download size: &transmission-size; Estimated disk space required: &transmission-buildsize; Estimated build time: &transmission-time; Transmission Dependencies Required Recommended and (to use system libraries instead of bundled ones) Recommended (to build a GUI) or &qt5-deps; or Optional (for building the web client, not needed at run time), appindicator, dht, libb64, libdeflate, libnatpmp, libutp, and miniupnp Editor Notes: Install Transmission by running the following commands: mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/transmission-&transmission-version; \ .. && make Now, as the root user: make install Next, create transmission.png from the SVG file: rsvg-convert \ /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/transmission.svg \ -o /usr/share/pixmaps/transmission.png -DENABLE_QT=OFF: This switch disables building the Qt5 interface. The default is to build it if &qt5-deps; is installed. -DENABLE_GTK=OFF: This switch disables building the GTK+-3 interface. The default is to build it if is installed. -DENABLE_WEB=OFF: This switch disables building the web client. The default is to build it if is installed. -DREBUILD_WEB=ON: This switch forces rebuilding the web client. This option needs to be installed as well as an internet connection. The default is to not rebuild the client. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directory transmission-cli, transmission-create, transmission-daemon, transmission-edit, transmission-gtk, transmission-qt, transmission-remote, and transmission-show None /usr/share/transmission (contains the web client) and /usr/share/doc/transmission-&transmission-version; Short Descriptions transmission-cli is a lightweight, command line BitTorrent client with scripting capabilities transmission-cli transmission-create is a command line tool used to create .torrent files transmission-create transmission-daemon is a daemon-based Transmission session that can be controlled via RPC commands from Transmission's web interface or transmission-remote transmission-daemon transmission-edit is a command line tool to modify .torrent files' announce URLs transmission-edit transmission-gtk is a GTK+ bittorrent client transmission-gtk transmission-qt is a Qt-based bittorrent client transmission-qt transmission-remote is a remote control utility for transmission-daemon and transmission transmission-remote transmission-show is a command line tool to display bittorrent .torrent file metadata transmission-show