As you may already know, uTorrent works great in Windows machines, however, until recently, it wasn’t available in Linux systems. Now, if you’re used to how uTorrent works in Windows, you’ll be surprised how difficult it can be to use it in Linux systems.
In Linux systems, uTorrent runs as a webserver. The server must be started and you will need a web browser to connect to it. I’ll recommend other torrent clients for Ubuntu.
press Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard to open Terminal. Paste the following code and hit Enter.
wget http://download.utorrent.com/linux/utorrent-server-3.0-25053.tar.gz
Next, run the commands below to extract uTorrent files to the /opt directory.
sudo tar xvzf utorrent-server-3.0-25053.tar.gz -C /opt/
Then run the below commands to change the permission on uTorrent-server folder.
sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/utorrent-server-v3_0/
Next, run the commands below to link uTorrent server to the /user/bin directory.
sudo ln -s /opt/utorrent-server-v3_0/utserver /usr/bin/utserver
Finally, run the commands below to start uTorrent.
utserver -settingspath /opt/utorrent-server-v3_0/
If you get an error about libssl.so package missing, run the commands below to install it, then try starting it again.
sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8:i386
Open your web browser (Firefox) and type :
http://localhost:8080/gui/
The username is admin and leave the password field empty.
You can also change the download folder. To do that, click ‘Settings’ button.
Cheers...!!!!
