STATUS
This application is very new and is in beta. There may be bugs!
Also, the name "QTransmission" is a placeholder.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
- If you find a bug, please report it at http://trac.transmissionbt.com/
- New translations are encouraged
- Windows devs: it would be interesting to see if/how this works on Windows
- Suggestions for a better name than "QTransmission" would be good ;)
ABOUT QTRANSMISSION
QTransmission is a GUI for Transmission loosely based on the GTK+ client.
This is the only Transmission client that can act as its own self-contained
session (as the GTK+ and Mac clients do), and can also connect to a remote
session (as the web client and transmission-remote terminal client do).
Use Case 1: If you like to run BitTorrent for awhile from your desktop,
then the Mac, GTK+, and Qt clients are a good match.
Use Case 2: If you like to leave BitTorrent running nonstop on your
computer or router, and want to control it from your desktop or
from a remote site, then transmission-remote and the web and Qt clients
are a good match.
To use the Qt client as a remote, in the menu go to Edit > Change Session
The Qt client is also the most likely to wind up running on Windows,
though that's not a high priority at the moment...
BUILDING
This currently is a little awkward. We're working on it...
1. Prerequisites: Qt >= 4.x and its development packages
2. Build Transmission as normal
3. If you want to use the OS'es libevent, edit qtr.pro:
- LIBS += $${TRANSMISSION_TOP}/third-party/libevent/.libs/libevent.a
+ LIBS += -levent
4. If you built Transmission without DHT, edit qtr.pro:
- LIBS += $${TRANSMISSION_TOP}/third-party/dht/libdht.a
5. In the qt/ directory, type "qmake-qt4 qtr.pro"
6. In the qt/ directory, type "make"
7. In the qt/ directory, as root, type "INSTALL_ROOT=/usr make install"
(Feel free to replace /usr with /usr/local or /opt or whatever)
