Ubuntu 16.04

The list should be valid for Ubuntu 16.04,18.04 and other versions. Unless exclusively mentioned, the software listed here are available in Ubuntu Software Center. If you don’t find any application in the software center or if it is missing installation instruction, let me know and I’ll add the installation procedure. Transmission comes installed by default on Ubuntu, but there is a GTK version available for Arch. Transmission has the simplest, most bare-bones user interface among our selected group of Linux torrent clients, and probably most torrent clients at large.

uTorrent is a freeware and a closed source BitTorrent Client. One of the most used lightweight BitTorrent Client, Now it is available for Linux as uTorrent server. The µTorrent is designed to use minimal computer resources while offering functionality comparable to larger BitTorrent clients such as Vuze or BitComet and also it provides performance, stability, and support for older hardware and versions of operating system. It is available for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation uTorrent on a Ubuntu 16.04 server.

Install uTorrent on Ubuntu 16.04

Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running these following apt-get commands in the terminal.

Step 2. Install dependency library.

Open Terminal and run the following command to install dependency libraries. Assign the password for the user when asked:

Step 3. Installing uTorrent.

First thing to do is to go to uTorrent’s download page and download the latest stable version of uTorrent, At the moment of writing this article it is version 3.3:

Move the downloaded tar.gz directory to /opt directory. Run the following commands or you can also do it manually:

Set an executable permission to the extracted directory for running the uTorrent server:

Run the command to link uTorrent server to the /user/bin directory:

Finally, start uTorrent Server by executing the following command:

Step 4. Accessing uTorrent.

uTorrent will be available on HTTP port 8080 by default. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com:8080 or http://your-ip-address:8080/gui. It will ask you the username and password. The default username is admin and leave the password field empty. Also, if you are using a firewall, please open port 8080 to enable access to the control panel.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed uTorrent. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing μTorrent (uTorrent) in Ubuntu 16.04 systems. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to checkthe official uTorrent web site.

Quick tutorial for beginners how to install μTorrent (uTorrent) in Ubuntu 16.04, by setting up μTorrent server in Ubuntu so you can easily access and control your BitTorrent downloading any where (over LAN or internet) using a web browser.

1. Download μTorrent for Ubuntu:

The latest packages in Linux download page are said for Ubuntu 13.04, however, it works on all current Ubuntu releases including Ubuntu 16.04:

For Ubuntu server, grab the package via wget command:

Download utserver for 32-bit system:

Download utserver for 64-bit system:

2. Install uTorrent sever to /opt/, and create symlink

Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) or login to Ubuntu server, and run command to extract the downloaded server to /opt/:

For Ubuntu Desktop user who downloaded uTorrent server package using a web browser, you may replace the command with:

Then you may change the ownership via command:

And finally create a symlink to the executable via command:

3. Install the required libssl library via command:

4. Finally start uTorrent server:

Login μTorrent web client:

Open a web browser and go to http://server-ip-address:8080/gui or http://yourdomain.com:8080 to get into the login screen. (get you ip via ifconfig command).

For the first login, type admin as username and leave the password box empty.

username: admin
password: none

Ubuntu 16.04

Once you’re in, go to Settings -> Web UI to change username and password, remote access IPs. And you may enable Remote Access to allow remote access from anywhere on the internet.

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