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.
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
The download speed of the client defaults to 50 KB/s which is
quite slow. It can be raised, but even on a fast internet
connection, the highest speeds seen were about 500 KB/s. For
those that have internet capabilites faster than about 1 MB/s,
direct downloads (if available) will be much faster.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.0
platform.
Package Information
Transmission Dependencies
Required
cURL-7.78.0, and libevent-2.1.12
Recommended (to build a GUI)
GTK+-3.24.30 and Qt-5.15.2
Optional
Doxygen-1.9.2 and GDB-10.2
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/transmission
Installation of Transmission
Install Transmission by running
the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-cli &&
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
--enable-cli: This switch enables
building the cli client.
--without-gtk: This switch disables
building of the GTK+ interface if
GTK+ is present on the system
(useful for Qt5 or cli only
builds).