Torrent is around us from decades and people still find it hard to install on their system. I will share some simple steps that you can follow to smoothly install uTorrent in any of these or similar Linux distros.
How To Install uTorrent On Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint
Using Official Website
The most recent version of uTorrent for Linux was released for Ubuntu 13.04, but it will still work on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Go to the uTorrent Linux download page to download the uTorrent server package for Ubuntu 13.04.
Command Line Approach
Follow these basic commands to install Torrent on your Linux Device.
sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8:i386
cd /usr/src
sudo wget http://download.utorrent.com/linux/utorrent-server-3.0-25053.tar.gz
sudo tar xvzf utorrent-server-3.0-25053.tar.gz
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/src/utorrent-server-v3_0/
sudo ln -s /usr/src/utorrent-server-v3_0/utserver /usr/bin/utserver
utserver -settingspath /usr/src/utorrent-server-v3_0/
Features Of uTorrent
Linux’s native uTorrent client is a web-based application, so you’ll be using uTorrent via a web browser.
- Distributed hash table (DHT)
- UPnP port mapping
- NAT-PMP port mapping
- Upload rate limiting
- Download rate limiting
- Queuing
- Configurable limit on the number of simultaneously uploading peers
- Incremental file allocation
- Block-level piece picking
- Separate threads for file-check and download
- Single thread and single port for multiple torrent downloads
- BitTorrent extension protocol
- Multi-tracker extension support
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we explored different methods to install uTorrent on Ubuntu and other similar Linux distros. By following the steps in this tutorial, you can get uTorrent up and running in a couple of minutes. If you come across any issues, then share them in the comments section, and I would be more than happy to assist you.
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