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How do I compile & install the newest version of Transmission?

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 6131 / 3 Years ago, mon, july 26, 2021, 9:04:48

I'm trying to install Transmission 2.51 on Ubuntu 10.04. Compiling the source goes fine, but I can't seem to get it to compile the GUI as well. This is the configure output:



Configuration:



   Source code location:                              .

   Compiler:                                          g++



   Build libtransmission:                             yes

      * optimized for low-resource systems:           no

      * µTP enabled:                                  yes



   Build Command-Line client:                         yes



   Build GTK+ client:                                 no (GTK+ none)

      * libappindicator for an Ubuntu-style tray:     no



   Build Daemon:                                      yes



   Build Mac client:                                  no

How do I get it to build the GTK+ client?

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answered 3 Years ago weamp · Accepted Answer

Looking at the ./configure file reveals the following:

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##   MANDATORY for the GTK+ client

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GTK2_MINIMUM=2.22.0



GTK3_MINIMUM=3.2.0



GLIB_MINIMUM=2.28.0



GIO_MINIMUM=2.26.0

Looking at the lucid packages, GTK2 currently is 2.20. Since GTK2 is so fundamental to all of Lucid applications, I would not recommend that you try to uplift your GTK version (it will require a major recompile of all sorts of stuff).

You cannot simply reduce those minimum version values - I've tried... the compilation will fail because the code requires the newer GTK libraries.

If you want a relatively newer version (v2.33) that will work with Lucid, can I suggest this ppa:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install transmission

Run transmission-gtk reveals:

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