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prostuff1:
WARNING:
IF YOU ARE ON 4.7 DO NOT INSTALL TRANSMISSION ON YOUR MACHINE! IT WILL BREAK OTHER LIBRARIES USED BY OTHER APPLICATIONS AND POSSIBLE UNRAID ITSELF

For anyone wanting an easy to install and configure package for torrenting you can find it via the attached .conf files.

Please download the .conf files, place them in the packages folder and from there you can configure the variables to your hearts content.

I have taken bubbaQ's transctl script (thanks bubbaQ) but other than that file most of this package is a re-write.

The version of Transmission that is installed is 2.42.

If you DO NOT have a cache drive then PLEASE change the install location to something different

If you have any questions feel free to use this thread for discussion.  I will try and answer any question that come up.

If you have problems I would like to see the output of the below:

--- Code: ---ls -al /var/run/transmission
cat /var/run/transmission/transmission-daemon.pid
ls -al INSTALL_LOCATION_OF_TRANSMISSION
ps -ef | grep trans
cat PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/transmission_unraid-2.33-i486-11kh.txz.auto_install > /boot/transmission_autoinstall.txt
ls -al PACKAGE_DIRECTORY > /boot/package_directory.txt

--- End code ---

You will need to download the transmission-unmenu-package.conf and the libevent package from this thread and then grab the curl, libidn, and openldap from the pyLoad thread here.

NOTE: You will need to uninstall ALL old versions before updating.  You will need to delete
          1.  The "transmission" folder in the "custom" folder on the flash drive
          2.  All .autiinstall, .manualinstall, .conf, .bak, .tgz/.tgx file related to transmission in the "packages" folder

EDIT: 11-10-2010
I have found an issue with the install package so please do not use it for now.  I have a request out to JoeL for assistance and will update this thread when we have a solution.

EDIT: 11-13-2010
JoeL has attached a working version to a post below.  Please download and test that version.

EDIT: 11-17-2010
Attached to this post is the most recent version of the package.  I added the watch directory items requested by one of the users below.

EDIT: 11-20-2010
Just wanted to give an update to everyone that Joe L. and I are working on an updated package.  Give us a little while and I will replace the one attached to this post with that one (or Joe L will add it to the main unMenu distribution).

EDIT: 12-4-2010
Another update: with the new update to unMenu, MyMain, and the syslog viewer came the update to the transmission package.  I checked it out very quickly but did not get a chance to test it out. Along with this update came the addition of the "watched" folder and related settings in the config file.

EDIT: 12-6-2010
The update on 12-4-2010 accidentally changed a few pieces that made the package variables persist and get set up correctly.  Please update, via unMenu, to the latest version

EDIT:3-17-2011
The update has gone out and does work... with one caveat... You will need to delete all previous installs of the Transmission package.  I hope to fix this, but an occupied with other things right now. To delete all remnants of the previous install (which will cause you to lose the "resume" folder that you currently have) type the below three commands once you are telneted into the server.
/boot/custom/transmission/transctl kill
find /boot/custom/ -name "transmission*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
find /boot/packages/ -name "transmission*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
rm /usr/bin/transmission-daemon
rm /usr/bin/transmissioncli


EDIT:3-28-2011
There is an updated package attached to this post for now.  When people have used it for a little while and if nothing major is found I will have JoeL include it for mass distribution within unMenu.  The above commands can be used again to update to this version, a clean slate would probably be best to work from. After you move the new .conf file into place you will have to reinstall Transmission.

EDIT:5-20-2011
I have just attached the newest version of the .conf file.  Please download this one attached here and report your findings.

EDIT:9-23-2011I have removed the package attached here as I am in the closing stages of releasing a new one.  I will update this thread when that time has come.

EDIT:9-25-2011
Attached are the new files needed for the newest release of the transmission package.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY

I have attached the first major overhall of the transmission package.  This is a significant update to the unMenu conf and the transmission version in itself.

NOTE: With so many changes all around I CAN NOT guarantee what will happen if you try to install this over the top of the old package.  Transmission itself changed quite a few of the settings.json stuff so some config values no longer exist to even use.

1. The whole package no longer uses bubbaQ's transmission package. 
2. I have borrowed the transctl script he was using and modified it for my use. (Thanks bubbaQ)
3. Nothing is installed to the flash drive any longer
4. The package will run as nobody if running 5.0bX and root if running 4.7
5. There are a couple of packages that have to be installed and those are attached to the first post.

If you have a previous install I can't guarantee I will help out.  I know I created the previous package but SO many things have changed with the .conf and Transmission itself that "fixing" an install over a previous install is just something I don't have time for.

EDIT:9-25-2011
I have fixed the inconsistencies and everything should work on 4.7 correctly now. You will need to download the transmission-unmenu-package.conf and the libevent package from this thread and then grab the curl, libidn, openldap, and glibc from the pyLoad thread here.

EDIT:10-02-2011
Some changes to the start process to check for an already running instance of transmission.

EDIT:10-05-2011
Modifications to the start process thanks to Bagpuss for pointing out the issues.

EDIT:11-13-2011
Fixed a slight logic issue.

EDIT:11-14-2011
Fixed the fix

EDIT:11-20-2011
Fix for the quoting of the umask variable

EDIT:1-05-2012
fixed the transmission conf file to reflect the update for the glibc package.

EDIT:1-29-2012
Transmission updated to 2.42 and the package will now NOT work on 4.7.  Sorry to all the folks running 4.7 but I will no longer be supporting it as the libraries needed for the newer versions of Transmission require a newer version of Slackware then what unRAID 4.7 is built on.

EDIT:1-03-2013
Corrected a bug in the umask setting.

PhoenixNZ:
DOH! :o

Now I see this topic.  Should have asked my ? here.  Sorry.

Userpaul:
I plan to continue using Utorrent on my main pc and download / upload files to my server, is there an issue doing it this way?
The tests I carried out a few weeks back worked fine.

prostuff1:

--- Quote from: Userpaul on November 10, 2010, 06:58:43 PM ---I plan to continue using Utorrent on my main pc and download / upload files to my server, is there an issue doing it this way?
The tests I carried out a few weeks back worked fine.


--- End quote ---

There are no issues doing that.

Some of use prefer to use our server and a web interface to torrent.  It works better for me as I only have laptops in the house (save for the unRAID server).  So when I take a laptop with me but would like to add a torrent I can get to the web interface and do what I need to do.

Joe L.:

--- Quote from: prostuff1 on November 10, 2010, 03:51:37 PM ---I'll attach a new package to this thread before putting it on google.code.

--- End quote ---
The new package is available from google.code now too.

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