Transmission is a popular BitTorrent client that can be used on OpenBSD operating system. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Transmission on OpenBSD.
Before installing any software, it's always good to update the system to the latest packages. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo sysupgrade
This command will update your system to the latest release.
OpenBSD provides Transmission as a package. To install it, run the following command:
sudo pkg_add transmission
This command will install Transmission and all its dependencies on your system.
By default, Transmission uses the default configuration file that is located at /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json. To edit the file, run the following command:
sudo vi /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
You can modify the settings according to your needs. Once done, save the changes and exit the file.
To start Transmission, you can run the following command:
sudo systemctl start transmission-daemon
This command will start the Transmission daemon process.
To verify that Transmission is running, run the following command:
sudo systemctl status transmission-daemon
This command will show the status of the Transmission daemon process.
Transmission provides a web interface that you can access using your web browser. To access it, open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:
http://127.0.0.1:9091/transmission/web/
You should see the Transmission web interface.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Transmission on OpenBSD operating system. You can now start using the Transmission BitTorrent client to download and share files.
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