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diff --git a/network/transmission/README b/network/transmission/README index cd8bc73444..6b73e94c74 100644 --- a/network/transmission/README +++ b/network/transmission/README @@ -1,13 +1,20 @@ +transmission (bittorrent client) + Transmission is a lightweight open source BitTorrent client, providing useful functionality without feature bloat. It consists of a daemon, a -GTK+, Qt and CLI client. +GTK+ client, and CLI client [*]. -By default, all 4 components are built. Specific parts can be disabled +By default, all 3 components are built. Specific parts can be disabled by setting one or more environment variables: GTK=no -QT=no CLI=no DAEMON=no -At least one component must be enabled (so all 4 set to "no" won't work). +At least one component must be enabled (so all 3 set to "no" won't work). + +[*] If you're wondering about the Qt client that was in the previous + version of transmission: It's no longer possible to build on + Slackware 14.2 as of transmission-3.0.0, due to outdated g++ and + libstdc++. If you don't mind using an older version of transmission + (2.94), you can install transmission-qt4 to get a Qt GUI. |