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How to Install uTorrent in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Hi there! I hope you’re doing well. In today's blog post, I will tell you how to install utorrents on Ubuntu operating system ( Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ). utorrent is a very good downloading software. With the help of utorrents you can download multiple files, videos, and audio files.

It is a peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data.

utorrent is available for:-

1. Windows
   
   
2. Mac
   
   
3. Linux distro

How to Install uTorrent on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

I have tested on both ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Step1. Download uTorrent for Ubuntu.

Go to utorrent official website and download µTorrent Server for Ubuntu 13.04

https://www.utorrent.com/downloads/linux

Alternatively, you can open up a terminal window by pressing CTRL + ALT + T and run the following command to download it via the command line interface.

For 64-Bit Architecture.

wget http://download.ap.bittorrent.com/track/beta/endpoint/utserver/os/linux-x64-ubuntu-13-04 -O utserver.tar.gz

For 32-Bit Architecture.

wget http://download.ap.bittorrent.com/track/beta/endpoint/utserver/os/linux-i386-ubuntu-13-04 -O utserver.tar.gz

Step2. Install required libraries or dependencies

Open a terminal ( Ctrl + Alt + T ). Install the libraries for µTorrent.

sr@vetechno:~$  sudo apt-get update
sr@vetechno:~$  sudo apt-get install libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev

Note:- If you got an error like E: Package 'libssl1.0.0' has no installation candidate

Install uTorrent on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish

Then run below command to fix the issue.

sr@vetechno:~$  sudo echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sr@vetechno:~$  sudo apt update && apt-cache policy
sr@vetechno:~$  libssl1.0.0sudo apt-get install libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev

Step3. Extract the tar.gz file 

Once downloaded the utserver.tar.gz file, extract the  file in to /opt directory using the following command in the terminal.

sr@vetechno:~$  sudo tar -zxvf utserver.tar.gz -C /opt/

Step4. Create an execute link

Now we need to create symbolic link to execute the file.

sr@vetechno:~$  sudo ln -s /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/utserver /usr/bin/utserver

Step5. Start or run uTorrent server in your localhost


Use the below command to start uTorrent server.

By default, uTorrent server listens on localhost port 8080 OR 0.0.0.0:8080. If there’s another service is also listening on port 8080, then you should temporarily stop that service. uTorrent will also use port 10000 and 6881. The -daemon option will make uTorrent server run in the background.

sr@vetechno:~$ utserver -settingspath /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/ -daemon

Step6. Launch and Access uTorrent web interface

Open your favorite  web browser and navigate it to the following URL.

http://your-ip-address:8080/gui

http://localhost:8080/gui

When you first time hit the URL, it will ask for password:-

Username: admin. Leave the password field empty.

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How to Install uTorrent on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Note;- Your downloaded outputs will come under /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/ directory. OR from the same folder/directory where you have selected utorrent file.

How to Uninstall uTorrent on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Step1. To remove uTorrent, first stop the current uTorrent process.

sr@vetechno:~$ sudo pkill utserver

Step2. Use below command to remove the installation directory

sr@vetechno:~$ sudo rm -r /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/ 

Step3. Then remove the symbolic link.

sr@vetechno:~$ sudo rm /usr/bin/utserver 

Conclusion 

Congratulation you have successfully installed uTorrent on Ubuntu Operating System {Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS}.  I hope you liked my post.

Please let me know in the comment box if your are facing any issue while installing or running uTorrent  server on localhost with port 8080.