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Transmission BitTorrent Client

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From: Raghav Gururajan <rvgn <at> disroot.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Cc: guix-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:35:49 -0400

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Hello Guix!

I tried installing the package "Transmission". It is not showing up in
GNOME Menu. Typing "transmission" on terminal also not starting the
application. But I can see the package installed in my user profile.

Regards,
RG.

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From: "Leo Famulari" <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: 35439-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Fwd: bug#35439: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:32:15 -0400

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----- Original message -----
From: Raghav Gururajan <rvgn <at> disroot.org>
To: 35439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: guix-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#35439: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Friday, April 26, 2019 13:40

Hello Guix!

I tried installing the package "Transmission". It is not showing up in GNOME Menu. Typing "transmission" on terminal also not starting the application. But I can see the package installed in my user profile.

Regards,
RG.

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: guix-devel <at> gnu.org
Cc: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 23:59:57 +0200

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Raghav,

Raghav Gururajan wrote:
> I tried installing the package "Transmission". It is not showing 
> up in
> GNOME Menu.

Transmission's GTK GUI interface is in a separate package output 
(to keep the main output from depending on GTK+, which is quite 
huge).  Install ‘transmission:gui’ and you'll be happy.

The :gui output also provides a .desktop file that should make 
things like GNOME add it to their launcher.

> Typing "transmission" on terminal also not starting the
> application.

The command is ‘transmission-gtk’; ‘transmission’ doesn't exist.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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From: ison <ison <at> airmail.cc>
To: Raghav Gururajan <rvgn <at> disroot.org>
Cc: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 17:35:15 -0600

Did you choose the right output? Most packages only have a single output, but
transmission has 2: "out" and "gui".

For example to install the gui output you would run:
guix package -i transmission:gui

The gui output is the one that might add your GNOME Menu entries as it comes
with the GTK version of transmission. The normal "out" output is the CLI version
only.
This confused me the first time I used guix too, before I was aware of outputs.

Message #19 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org>
To: "ison" <ison <at> airmail.cc>
Cc: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 03:42:18 +0000

Oh wow! That's new xD. I just installed as "transmission" with no output tag. What would have been the output? It neither was cli nor gui.

April 26, 2019 7:35 PM, "ison" <ison <at> airmail.cc> wrote:

> Did you choose the right output? Most packages only have a single output, but
> transmission has 2: "out" and "gui".
> 
> For example to install the gui output you would run:
> guix package -i transmission:gui
> 
> The gui output is the one that might add your GNOME Menu entries as it comes
> with the GTK version of transmission. The normal "out" output is the CLI version
> only.
> This confused me the first time I used guix too, before I was aware of outputs.

Message #22 received at 35439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
To: "Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org>
Cc: ison <ison <at> airmail.cc>, 35439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35439: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 13:24:04 -0400

Hi Raghav,

"Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org> writes:

> Oh wow! That's new xD. I just installed as "transmission" with no
> output tag. What would have been the output? It neither was cli nor
> gui.

It installs the “transmission-daemon” binary, which is a daemon that
other applications can talk to in order manage your torrents.  One
example of a client is “transmission-gtk”, which is a GTK+ interface,
but there is also “tremc” which is console-based.  The daemon itself
provides a Web interface, too, so if you run the daemon and point your
Web browser at “http://localhost:9091”, it should give you an overview
of your torrents.


-- Tim

Message #25 received at 35439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org>
To: "Timothy Sample" <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
Cc: ison <ison <at> airmail.cc>, 35439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35439: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 03:46:57 +0000

Ah I see. Thanks!

April 27, 2019 1:31 PM, "Timothy Sample" <samplet <at> ngyro.com> wrote:

> Hi Raghav,
> 
> "Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org> writes:
> 
>> Oh wow! That's new xD. I just installed as "transmission" with no
>> output tag. What would have been the output? It neither was cli nor
>> gui.
> 
> It installs the “transmission-daemon” binary, which is a daemon that
> other applications can talk to in order manage your torrents. One
> example of a client is “transmission-gtk”, which is a GTK+ interface,
> but there is also “tremc” which is console-based. The daemon itself
> provides a Web interface, too, so if you run the daemon and point your
> Web browser at “http://localhost:9091”, it should give you an overview
> of your torrents.
> 
> -- Tim

Message #28 received at 35439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org>
To: "Timothy Sample" <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
Cc: ison <ison <at> airmail.cc>, 35439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35439: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 05:01:03 +0000

Thanks! How can I see the list of services under %desktop-services? I would like to see in the form of scheme. Thanks!

April 27, 2019 1:31 PM, "Timothy Sample" <samplet <at> ngyro.com> wrote:

> Hi Raghav,
> 
> "Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org> writes:
> 
>> Oh wow! That's new xD. I just installed as "transmission" with no
>> output tag. What would have been the output? It neither was cli nor
>> gui.
> 
> It installs the “transmission-daemon” binary, which is a daemon that
> other applications can talk to in order manage your torrents. One
> example of a client is “transmission-gtk”, which is a GTK+ interface,
> but there is also “tremc” which is console-based. The daemon itself
> provides a Web interface, too, so if you run the daemon and point your
> Web browser at “http://localhost:9091”, it should give you an overview
> of your torrents.
> 
> -- Tim

Message #31 received at 35439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org>
To: "Timothy Sample" <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
Cc: ison <ison <at> airmail.cc>, 35439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35439: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 06:22:39 +0000

Sorry, posted in wrong thread. Please ignore my previous email.

April 28, 2019 1:01 AM, "Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org> wrote:

> Thanks! How can I see the list of services under %desktop-services? I would like to see in the form
> of scheme. Thanks!
> 
> April 27, 2019 1:31 PM, "Timothy Sample" <samplet <at> ngyro.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Raghav,
>> 
>> "Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org> writes:
>> 
>>> Oh wow! That's new xD. I just installed as "transmission" with no
>>> output tag. What would have been the output? It neither was cli nor
>>> gui.
>> 
>> It installs the “transmission-daemon” binary, which is a daemon that
>> other applications can talk to in order manage your torrents. One
>> example of a client is “transmission-gtk”, which is a GTK+ interface,
>> but there is also “tremc” which is console-based. The daemon itself
>> provides a Web interface, too, so if you run the daemon and point your
>> Web browser at “http://localhost:9091”, it should give you an overview
>> of your torrents.
>> 
>> -- Tim

Message #34 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35439: Transmission BitTorrent Client
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:22:45 +0200

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On 2019-04-27 19:24, Timothy Sample wrote:
> Hi Raghav,
> 
> "Raghav Gururajan" <rvgn <at> disroot.org> writes:
> 
>> Oh wow! That's new xD. I just installed as "transmission" with no
>> output tag. What would have been the output? It neither was cli nor
>> gui.
> 
> It installs the “transmission-daemon” binary, which is a daemon that
> other applications can talk to in order manage your torrents.  One
> example of a client is “transmission-gtk”, which is a GTK+ interface,
> but there is also “tremc” which is console-based.  The daemon itself
> provides a Web interface, too, so if you run the daemon and point your
> Web browser at “http://localhost:9091”, it should give you an overview
> of your torrents.

Taking a look at the synopsis and description I found:

synopsis: Fast and easy BitTorrent client
description: Transmission is a BitTorrent client that comes with
graphical, textual, and Web user interfaces.  Transmission also has a
+ daemon for unattended operations.  It supports local peer discovery,
full encryption, DHT, µTP, PEX and Magnet Links.

I think both should be improved to avoid confusion.
->
synopsis: Fast and easy BitTorrent daemon with multiple interfaces

description: Transmission is a BitTorrent client that comes with
graphical, textual, and Web user interfaces.  The default output
installs transmission-daemon, transmission-cli and the web interface at
http://localhost:9091.  It supports local peer discovery, full
encryption, DHT, µTP, PEX and Magnet Links.

WDYT?

-- 
Cheers Swedebugia

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