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+transmission (bittorrent client)
+
Transmission is a lightweight open source BitTorrent client, providing
-useful functionality without feature bloat. It consists of a daemon, a
-GTK+, Qt and CLI client.
+useful functionality without feature bloat. It consists of a daemon
+and GTK+, Qt, and CLI clients.
-By default, all 4 components are built. Specific parts can be disabled
-by setting one or more environment variables:
+By default, everything but the Qt client is built. It can be enabled
+by exporting QT=yes in the environment. The other parts can be
+disabled by exporting one or more environment variables:
GTK=no
-QT=no
CLI=no
DAEMON=no
-At least one component must be enabled (so all 4 set to "no" won't work).
+Hint: if you use QT=yes, you probably also want GTK=no.
+
+At least one component must be enabled (all 4 set to "no" won't work).