Upgrade to 2.10 on Linux caused gui problem

[josephj]

I just installed the update to 2.10 from the ppa repository (kubuntu karmic) using the kde update notifier. It broke my application links.

All my links pointed to /usr/bin/transmission. This was deleted and replaced by /usr/bin/transmission-gtk.
When I tried to run transmission from the gui, nothing happened. When I ran it from the cli, it said it wasn't installed.

I 'fixed' the problem with

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/transmission-gtk /usr/bin/transmission

but this should probably be fixed on transmission's end as well.

Joe

[Longinus00]

This isn't a transmission problem but a packaging problem. Why don't you use transmission-qt?

[Jordan]

Why don't you use transmission-qt?

What's that got to do with it?

[Rolcol]

Why don't you use transmission-qt?

What's that got to do with it?

I would assume that he suggests it because Qt applications fit in nicer with KDE and Longinus00 helped work on most of the changes that went into 2.10.

josephj: You probably just have to manually edit the Transmission .desktop file in the KDE menu to point to transmission-gtk

[josephj]

I'll look into the transmission-qt package. Will it have any noticeable differences from the gtk package?

I guess I just didn't see the option when I first installed.

qt stuff is usually better for kde.

Rolcol: I fixed it with a symlink because (at least at that simple level) I know what I'm doing. Someone else might get stuck. The point was that the application name had changed and broke things unnecessarily. Yes, that looks like a packaging thing, but since I got it from the ppa, "it's our packaging thing."

Joe

[josephj]

I looked at the qt version recently. In the karmic repos (and, I assume the PPA), it was a couple of releases behind the gtk version, so I stuck with the gtk version.