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Introduction to Transmission
<application>Transmission</application> 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.
Package Information
Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&transmission-download-http;"/>
Download (FTP): <ulink url="&transmission-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
<xref linkend="curl"/>
Recommended
<xref linkend="libevent"/> and <xref linkend="libpsl"/> (to use system libraries instead of bundled ones)
Recommended (to build a GUI)
<xref linkend="gtkmm4"/> or <xref linkend="qt6"/>
Optional
<xref linkend="nodejs"/> (for building the web client, not needed at run time), <ulink url="https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator">appindicator</ulink>, <ulink url="https://github.com/jech/dht">dht</ulink>, <ulink url="https://github.com/libb64/libb64">libb64</ulink>, <ulink url="https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate">libdeflate</ulink>, <ulink url="https://github.com/miniupnp/libnatpmp">libnatpmp</ulink>, <ulink url="https://github.com/bittorrent/libutp">libutp</ulink>, and <ulink url="https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp">miniupnp</ulink>
Editor Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/transmission"/>
Installation of Transmission
Install <application>Transmission</application> by running the following commands:
<userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd build &amp;&amp;

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/transmission-&transmission-version; \
.. &amp;&amp;

make</userinput>
Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
<userinput>make install</userinput>
Next, create transmission.png from the SVG file:
<userinput>rsvg-convert \
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/transmission.svg \
-o /usr/share/pixmaps/transmission.png</userinput>
Command Explanations
<option>-DENABLE_QT=OFF</option>: This switch disables building the <application>Qt</application> interface. The default is to build it if &qt5-deps; or <xref linkend="qt6"/> is installed.
<option>-DENABLE_GTK=OFF</option>: This switch disables building the GTK-4 interface. The default is to build it if <xref linkend="gtkmm4"/> is installed.
<option>-DENABLE_WEB=OFF</option>: This switch disables building the web client. The default is to build it if <xref linkend="nodejs"/> is installed.
<option>-DREBUILD_WEB=ON</option>: This switch forces rebuilding the web client. This option needs <xref linkend="nodejs"/> to be installed as well as an internet connection. The default is to not rebuild the client.

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type: Content of: <sect1><sect2><para>
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