[How To] Install uTorrent On Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 And Linux Mint 14, 15

uTorrent is a lightweight and efficient BitTorrent client, currently there is only command-line version of Utorrent for Ubuntu. uTorrent work as a web server in Linux. You can access uTorrent from your browser after you started uTorrent using command in Terminal.


Install uTorrent Client on Ubuntu/Debian/Linux Mint 


Please run the below command to install the dependency library first.
sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8:i386
Now Open a Terminal(Alt + Ctrl + T) and paste the following command to download the uTorrent server.
wget http://download.utorrent.com/linux/utorrent-server-3.0-25053.tar.gz
Then use the following command to move the file to /opt
sudo mv utorrent-server-3.0-25053.tar.gz /opt/
Now move to the opt directory to extract the tar file.
cd /opt/
sudo tar -xvf utorrent-server-3.0-25053.tar.gz
Then remove the source file.
sudo rm -rf utorrent-server-3.0-25053.tar.gz
Change the permission of the extracted folder.
sudo chmod 777 -R utorrent-server-v3_0/
Create a symbolic link so that you can run the torrent server from terminal.
sudo ln -s /opt/utorrent-server-v3_0/utserver /usr/bin/utserver

Our uTorrent Server is ready. Enter the following command to start the server.
utserver -settingspath /opt/utorrent-server-v3_0/ &

Access the uTorrent Server


Open a browser and type:
http://localhost:8080/gui/

Type the User Name as admin and leave the password field as empty and click Ok.


If you want to avoid every time starting uTorrent via command line, create a startup application and enter the command in command field as follows. 


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