Transmission

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Transmission (net-p2p/transmission) is a fast, easy, and free BitTorrent client.

Installation

`appindicator`	Build in support for notifications using the libindicate or libappindicator plugin
`cli`	Build command-line client
`debug`	Enable assertions
`gtk`	Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
`mbedtls`	Use mbed TLS instead of OpenSSL
`nls`	Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
`qt6`	Add support for the Qt 6 application and UI framework
`systemd`	Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking
`test`	Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)

Data provided by the Gentoo Package Database · Last update: 2024-11-11 19:25 More information about USE flags

Use the following command to install transmission-daemon:

root #emerge --ask net-p2p/transmission

Before changing configuration remember to stop the transmission-daemon first.

Before making any changes stop the user service.

user $killall transmission-daemon

When using transmission as a user service, configuration can be changed in the ~/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json file.

Before making any changes stop the system service.

root #rc-service transmission-daemon stop

When using transmission as a system service, configuration can be changed in the /var/lib/transmission/config/settings.json file.

To allow all LAN machines to connect, change the rpc-whitelist field to: "192.168.*.*".

If changing the rpc-password field, after starting the service the plaintext password will be hashed and prefixed with a '{'.

root #rc-service transmission-daemon start

root #rc-update add transmission-daemon default

To test if the service is running, you can open up the transmission web gui: http://<IP_ADDRESS>:9091/transmission

FILE /etc/portage/package.use/transmission

net-p2p/transmission cli

root #emerge --ask net-p2p/transmission

FILE /etc/portage/package.use/transmission

net-p2p/transmission qt6

root #emerge --ask net-p2p/transmission

FILE /etc/portage/package.use/transmission

net-p2p/transmission gtk

root #emerge --ask net-p2p/transmission

root #emerge --ask net-p2p/tremc

Rustmission a tui transmission client written in rust

root #cargo install rustmission