Transmission

sudo apt-get install transmission-daemon

sudo systemctl stop transmission-daemon

sudo nano /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json

install from source for latest version:

wget https://github.com/transmission/transmission-releases/raw/master/transmission-2.94.tar.xz

sudo apt-get install build-essential automake autoconf libtool pkg-config intltool libcurl4-openssl-dev libglib2.0-dev libevent-dev libminiupnpc-dev libgtk-3-dev libappindicator3-dev

tar xf transmission-2.94.tar.xz

cd transmission-2.94/

./configure

errors out fixed with this:

apt-get install ca-certificates libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev pkg-config build-essential checkinstall

make

DONT forget to uninstall the old one if you have it installed!!!!!!

sudo make install

but when you try to systemctl start it you get an error so....

sudo systemctl unmask transmission-daemon.service

now it works

here is a working systemd service file

[Unit]

Description=transmission-daemon

After=network.target


[Service]

User=debian-transmission

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/transmission-daemon -f --log-error


[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

create a torrent file

I had some frustration trying to create a torrent for magnet distribution, and get it seamlessly integrated into the other torrents.

Eventually, I found the following fudge:

0) Put your files in your main torrent output directory. 1) Create the torrent file: --> transmission-create NEWTORRENT -t udp://tracker.example.com:80

This creates the .torrent in the same directory you are in.

2) Download it to a PC 3) Upload it back into the Transmission web interface.

From that point, Transmission will start to download the torrent, and find it already has it, and start verifying the data for real, and create a proper torrent file with hash in the name, in /var/lib/transmission/torrents

https://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtopic.php?t=7455

Finished torrents wont seed after restart?

put this in crontab or somewhere:

@reboot sleep 300; transmission-remote -t all --start