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Transmission-Daemon Notes for Arch Linux based Distributions
If you are using a Arch based distribution, the notes on this page override the default transmission-daemon values stated elsewhere on this site.
Default Locations
Item | Location |
Daemon init script | /etc/rc.d/transmissiond |
Options, Configuration, daemon enable | /etc/conf.d/transmissiond |
settings.json | ~/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json |
Environment Variables
The file /etc/conf.d/transmissiond should be edited to reflect the desired transmission-daemon user (your regular user is fine) and to uncomment the relevant lines. Note that by default the -g option is used in TRANS_ARGS to tell transmission-daemon to use its own settings.json. You may wish to point -g instead to your perhaps-already-installed transmission-gtk config dir, i.e., ~/.config/transmission . Stop the daemon before editing, and start it again to effect changes.
# TRANSMISSION_HOME=/home/foo # TRANS_USER="foo" # TRANS_ARGS="-g $TRANSMISSION_HOME/.config/transmission-daemon"
Refer to the Arch Linux rc.conf page for definitive system configuration file information, particularly the Daemons section.
The daemon can be started either by adding "transmissiond" to the daemons array in /etc/rc.conf, or can be started manually with:
# rc.d start transmissiond
Arch Linux packages
The following packages exist in the Arch Extra repository:
Package | Description |
transmission-cli | Installs CLI tools, daemon and the web interface used by the other transmission packages |
transmission-gtk | Installs GTK+ gui? |
transmission-qt | Installs QT gui? |