How to start transmission cli

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Soapm
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How to start transmission cli

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What command do I use to start transmission from cli on a linux server?

I had to reinstall my headless debian server from scratch and am trying to get the applications working again. I installed transmission 2.92 from the repository using "aptitude install transmission". However, the application doesn't seem to start and run.

Debian stretch is now systemd and I didn't see anything in the "/etc/systemd/system" directory so I figured I need to make my own transmission-daemon.service file (unless there's one on the net I can use).

What I can't figure out is where to point the file to start the application. I tried;

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/home/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon
but it says "/home/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon: Is a directory".

Is there a file, like a windows .exe file, that I can use or can type in the cli to start transmission? If you wanted to start transmission via a bash cli, what command would you use?

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Linux lenny 4.9.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.51-1 (2017-09-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux
This is the file I created;

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[Unit]
Description=Transmission BitTorrent Daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon -f --log-error
ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
Type=notify
User=transmission

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Soapm
Posts: 81
Joined: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:01 pm

Re: How to start transmission cli

Post by Soapm »

solved... For debian I needed to install transmission-daemon

"aptitude install transmission-daemon"

Then edit file "/etc/default/transmission-daemon" or "/etc/init/transmission-daemon.conf"

for you box...
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