%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Transmission-&transmission-version; Transmission Introduction to 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. &lfs82_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 , and Recommended (to build a GUI) and Optional and User Notes: Installation of Transmission Install Transmission by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make Compile the Qt GUI with the following commands: pushd qt && qmake qtr.pro && make && popd This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install If you compiled the Qt GUI, install it by running the following commands as the root user: make INSTALL_ROOT=/usr -C qt install && install -m644 qt/transmission-qt.desktop /usr/share/applications/transmission-qt.desktop && install -m644 qt/icons/transmission.png /usr/share/pixmaps/transmission-qt.png Command Explanations : This switch disables building of the GTK+ interface if GTK+ is present on the system (useful for Qt5 or cli only builds). Contents 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 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 utility to modify .torrent files' announce URLs. transmission-edit transmission-gtk is a GTK+ bittorrent client. transmission-gtk transmission-qt is a Qt 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