Transmission-Daemon Notes for Debian based Distributions

If you are using a ​Debian based distribution (e.g. ​Ubuntu), the notes on this page override the default transmission-daemon values stated elsewhere on this site.

Default Locations

Item	Location
Daemon init script	/etc/init.d/transmission-daemon
Options, Configuration, daemon enable	/etc/default/transmission-daemon
settings.json	/etc/transmission-daemon symlinked to /var/lib/transmsision-daemon/info/settings.json
Download directory	/var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads

Transmission user

Debian daemon user

debian-transmission

Debian packages

Debian provides the following metapackage

Package	Description
transmission	Installs transmission-cli, transmission-common, and transmission-gtk

The following packages exist:

Package	Description
transmission-cli	Installs transmission-cli and transmission-remote
transmission-common	Installs the web interface used by the other transmission packages
transmission-daemon	Installs transmission-daemon
transmission-gtk	Installs transmission-gtk
transmisison-qt	Installs transmission-qt