Transmission is a fast and easy-to-use BitTorrent client. Yesterday Transmission 0.90 was released. This release features encryption support, ban peers, improved compliance with BitTorrent spec, MSE Tracker Extension support, etc. This tutorial will help you install Transmission 0.90 on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.
Installation
- Download the source code from here.
- Install all of the build dependencies with this command:
sudo apt-get build-dep transmission - Compile and install Transmission, run the following commands:
tar zxvf transmission-0.90.tar.gz
cd transmission-0.90/
./autogen.sh
./configure -q && make -s
sudo make install
Usage
In order to run Transmission, you can enter “transmission” in your terminal. Or you can also click Applications → Internet → Transmission.
2 responses so far ↓
1 xRyanCat // Oct 27, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I tried to run but I get the error:
transmission: torrent.c:343: torrentRealInit: Assertion `tor->destination != ((void *)0)’ failed.
Aborted (core dumped)
I did previously have a version of Transmission installed, but I removed it. Have any insite on the problem?
Thank you!
2 Nerten // Oct 28, 2007 at 5:18 pm
xRyanCat, get source from svn and install. This bug was fixed.
Enjoy!
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