Transmission is a BitTorrent client which features a simple interface on top of a cross-platform back-end. Transmission is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), with parts under the MIT License. [Source: WikiPedia]
Whats Good About Transmission:
– Transmission doesn’t bundle toolbars, pop-up ads, flash ads, twitter tools, or anything else.
– It doesn’t hold some feaures back for a payware version.
– Its source code is available for anyone to review.
– We don’t track our users, and our website and forums have no third-party ads or analytics.
Download and Install transmission 2.31 daemon + cli:
Built on CentOS 5.5 i386 (libevent 2.0.10 compiled with “make verify” disabled):
– libevent-2.0.10-1geekery.i386.rpm
– transmission-2.31-1geekery.i386.rpm
– transmission-cli-2.31-1geekery.i386.rpm
– transmission-common-2.31-1geekery.i386.rpm
– transmission-daemon-2.31-1geekery.i386.rpm
Built on CentOS 5.5 x86_64:
– libevent-2.0.10-1geekery.x86_64.rpm
– transmission-2.31-1geekery.x86_64.rpm
– transmission-cli-2.31-1geekery.x86_64.rpm
– transmission-common-2.31-1geekery.x86_64.rpm
– transmission-daemon-2.31-1geekery.x86_64.rpm
Import GEEKERY-GPG-KEY with the following command, before installing packages:
1 2 3 | $ rpm --import http://geekery.altervista.org/download.php?filename=GEEKERY-GPG-KEY |
Installation instructions after download:
1 2 3 4 | $ rpm -ivh libevent-2.0.10-1geekery.$(uname -i).rpm $ rpm -Uvh transmission-2.31-1geekery.$(uname -i).rpm transmission-cli-2.31-1geekery.$(uname -i).rpm transmission-common-2.31-1geekery.$(uname -i).rpm transmission-daemon-2.31-1geekery.$(uname -i).rpm |
Thats it see the app in Applications -> Internet -> Transmission BitTorrent Client
