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[http://www.transmissionbt.com/ Transmission] is a light-weighted and cross-platform BitTorrent client. It's the default BitTorrent client in many Linux distributions.
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[[zh-CN:Transmission]]
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[http://www.transmissionbt.com/ Transmission] is a light-weight and cross-platform BitTorrent client. It is the default BitTorrent client in many Linux distributions.
  
 
==Installation==
 
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===Run as a daemon===
 
===Run as a daemon===
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To run transmission as a [[daemon]], you need have {{pkg|transmission-cli}} installed.
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First install {{pkg|transmission-cli}}. Then start the ''transmission'' [[daemon]].
  
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Edit {{ic|/etc/conf.d/transmissiond}} and modify the user used to download:
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Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:9091 in your web browser to see the web client.
  
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  TRANS_USER="<your user name>"
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You can edit the main configuration file {{ic|~/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json}} to fit your preference. '''You need to stop the daemon''' before editing configuration files, or your edits '''will not be saved'''.
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By default, the daemon will run as the user ''transmission'', whose home directory is {{ic|/var/lib/transmission/}}. This means the default location for the configuration file is {{ic|/var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json}}.
  
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Then start the daemon:
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{{Note|If you cannot find the {{ic|~/.config/transmission-daemon}} folder, run {{ic|transmission-daemon}} once to create it.}}
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# rc.d start transmissiond
 
  
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Navigate to {{ic|http://127.0.0.1:9091}} in web browser and you can see the Web client.
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If you change your download location, make sure the ''transmission'' user has rw privileges to your download directory.
  
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You can also edit the main configuration file {{ic|~/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json}} to fit your preference.
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====Changing daemon user====
  
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{{Note|
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If you use systemd, you have to override the user in both the service file ({{ic|/usr/lib/systemd/system/transmission.service}}) and the tmpfile ({{ic|/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/transmission.conf}}). To do so, copy both files to the appropriate directory in {{ic|/etc}}:
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*If you cannot find the {{ic|~/.config/transmission-daemon}} folder, run {{ic|transmission-daemon}} once to create it.
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# cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/transmission.service /etc/systemd/system/
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*You need to '''stop''' the daemon before editing configuration files, or your edits will '''not''' be saved.}}
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# cp /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/transmission.conf /etc/tmpfiles.d/
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Create a new group named for example, {{ic|transmission}}:
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# groupadd transmission
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Add your custom user to the newly created {{ic|1=[group]}} ie. {{ic|transmission}}:
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# gpasswd -a [user] [group]
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Then change {{ic|1=User=}} to your custom user in the service file and edit the tmpfile to the following:
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{{hc|/etc/tmpfiles.d/transmission.conf|
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d /run/transmission - [user] [group] -}}
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Then run {{ic|systemd-tmpfiles --create transmission.conf}} and restart the transmission service.
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You may need to reload service files after editing:
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# systemctl daemon-reload
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Don't forget to change permissions to '''777''' on folder '/run/transmission'.
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If you would use Transmission daemon with its own group, you have to give the writing permission to transmission group in your download's directory. For this you need to run:
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# chgrp transmission /path/to/download
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# chmod g+w /path/to/download
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==See also==
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*[https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki Transmission wiki]
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*[https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/HeadlessUsage/General HeadlessUsage]

Revision as of 09:13, 15 March 2013

zh-CN:Transmission Transmission is a light-weight and cross-platform BitTorrent client. It is the default BitTorrent client in many Linux distributions.

Installation

There are several options in Official Repositories:

transmission-cli
includes CLI tools, daemon and web client.
transmission-gtk
GTK+ GUI.
transmission-qt
Qt GUI.

Configuration

For transmission-gtk and transmission-qt, the default path of configuration files is ~/.config/transmission.

For transmission-cli, default configuration path is ~/.config/transmission-daemon.

Run as a daemon

First install transmission-cli. Then start the transmission daemon.

Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:9091 in your web browser to see the web client.

You can edit the main configuration file ~/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json to fit your preference. You need to stop the daemon before editing configuration files, or your edits will not be saved. By default, the daemon will run as the user transmission, whose home directory is /var/lib/transmission/. This means the default location for the configuration file is /var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json.

Note: If you cannot find the ~/.config/transmission-daemon folder, run transmission-daemon once to create it.

If you change your download location, make sure the transmission user has rw privileges to your download directory.

Changing daemon user

If you use systemd, you have to override the user in both the service file (/usr/lib/systemd/system/transmission.service) and the tmpfile (/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/transmission.conf). To do so, copy both files to the appropriate directory in /etc: 

# cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/transmission.service /etc/systemd/system/
# cp /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/transmission.conf /etc/tmpfiles.d/

Create a new group named for example, transmission: 

# groupadd transmission

Add your custom user to the newly created [group] ie. transmission: 

# gpasswd -a [user] [group]

Then change User= to your custom user in the service file and edit the tmpfile to the following: 

/etc/tmpfiles.d/transmission.conf
d /run/transmission - [user] [group] -

Then run systemd-tmpfiles --create transmission.conf and restart the transmission service.

You may need to reload service files after editing: 

# systemctl daemon-reload

Don't forget to change permissions to 777 on folder '/run/transmission'.

If you would use Transmission daemon with its own group, you have to give the writing permission to transmission group in your download's directory. For this you need to run: 

# chgrp transmission /path/to/download
# chmod g+w /path/to/download

See also

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