How to install uTorrent on Ubuntu 16.04

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Install uTorrent on Ubuntu 16.04</u></b></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">µTorrent, or uTorrent (see pronunciation) is a freeware, ad-supported, proprietary BitTorrent client owned and developed by BitTorrent, Inc. With over 100 million users it is the most widely used BitTorrent client outside China; globally only behind Xunlei.The "µ" (Greek letter "mu") in its name comes from the SI prefix "micro-", referring to the program's small memory footprint: the program was designed to use minimal </span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08aRpaOk7lgu8KahN4Vig9XqM3_YqKTs3kUYHBEKYfcN5m9QxIlovp_XQEHYhKTyZQhTzyirKEp18twyu4f3D1nACMgKGXjwd7aO02iVVm2Jb5p0gpKhQSpxm8Qq1k0et4JK06hsi5_Cb/s1600/utSmartBanner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08aRpaOk7lgu8KahN4Vig9XqM3_YqKTs3kUYHBEKYfcN5m9QxIlovp_XQEHYhKTyZQhTzyirKEp18twyu4f3D1nACMgKGXjwd7aO02iVVm2Jb5p0gpKhQSpxm8Qq1k0et4JK06hsi5_Cb/s1600/utSmartBanner.png" /></a></div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">computer resources while offering functionality comparable to larger BitTorrent clients such as Vuze or BitComet. The program has received consistently good reviews for its feature set, performance, stability, and support for older hardware and versions of Windows.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><b><u>INSTALLATION </u></b></span></span><br /> <pre style="background: rgb(68, 67, 65); border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); clear: none !important; color: white; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-top: 10px !important; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 10px !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto !important; word-break: break-all;">$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev</pre> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/linux" target="_blank">Download the Latest version</a> of the uTorrent server from the official website or simply enter the following command to download the current version.</span></span><br /> <pre style="background: rgb(68, 67, 65); border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); clear: none !important; color: white; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-top: 10px !important; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 10px !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto !important; word-break: break-all;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: lime; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">### 32 bit ###</span> $ wget http://download-new.utorrent.com/endpoint/utserver/os/linux-i386-ubuntu-13-04/track/beta/ -O utserver.tar.gz <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: lime; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">### 64 bit ###</span> $ wget http://download-new.utorrent.com/endpoint/utserver/os/linux-x64-ubuntu-13-04/track/beta/ -O utserver.tar.gz</pre> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Once you have downloaded, extract the file into /opt directory</span></span><br /> <pre style="background: rgb(68, 67, 65); border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); clear: none !important; color: white; float: none !important; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-top: 10px !important; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 10px !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto !important; word-break: break-all;">$ sudo tar -zxvf utserver.tar.gz -C /opt/</pre> <div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Set an executable permission to the extracted directory for running the uTorrent Server.</span></span></div> <div> <pre style="background: rgb(68, 67, 65); border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); clear: none !important; color: white; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-top: 10px !important; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 10px !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto !important; word-break: break-all;">$ sudo chmod 777 /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/</pre> </div> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Link uTorrent Server to /usr/bin/ directory.</span></span><br /> <pre style="background: rgb(68, 67, 65); border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); clear: none !important; color: white; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-top: 10px !important; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 10px !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto !important; word-break: break-all;">$ sudo ln -s /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/utserver /usr/bin/utserver</pre> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Start uTorrent Server by executing the following command.</span></span><br /> <pre style="background: rgb(68, 67, 65); border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); clear: none !important; color: white; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-top: 10px !important; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 10px !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto !important; word-break: break-all;">$ utserver -settingspath /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/ &</pre> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Once you run the command, navigate your web browser to the following address.</span></span><br /> <pre style="background: rgb(68, 67, 65); border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); clear: none !important; color: white; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-top: 10px !important; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 10px !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto !important; word-break: break-all;">http://your-ip-address:8080/gui</pre> <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Username is </span><span style="color: #990000;">admin </span><span style="color: #333333;">and leave the password field empty.</span></b></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"></span></b></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Once you have logged in, set the download directory. To do that, click on Settings (Gear Icon) –> Directories –>  Put new downloads in —> mention the directory –> Save settings.</span></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVa3Eeb7ODwDS-LOFnVOi_rxhaoO6WbVV37iCRIUOuwd8UpPbUPRBNV4dzz4dighZ1kXLxF4etY_JUvei_XUu1gbps1NkWUfTLQgRFwIG-hwRW_esHgN5PHrJcvLA2q-DKkA5jR4JsFsa/s1600/Install-uTorrent-on-Ubuntu-16.04-hackthesec.co.in.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVa3Eeb7ODwDS-LOFnVOi_rxhaoO6WbVV37iCRIUOuwd8UpPbUPRBNV4dzz4dighZ1kXLxF4etY_JUvei_XUu1gbps1NkWUfTLQgRFwIG-hwRW_esHgN5PHrJcvLA2q-DKkA5jR4JsFsa/s1600/Install-uTorrent-on-Ubuntu-16.04-hackthesec.co.in.png" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKgG0Mlj8kJw_1XhzoMRbeU_c2ffGSzHxPpbN7CcV6c6oUhWKOuekCJK5mfcIGQtBUoFFwaDPBoeTstcREYLQJViBJYkoNb2g28jwO0SVNSeMPgZwU5sbBWBgl4u3QX_qu1o7SmGFEWIW/s1600/utorrent.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKgG0Mlj8kJw_1XhzoMRbeU_c2ffGSzHxPpbN7CcV6c6oUhWKOuekCJK5mfcIGQtBUoFFwaDPBoeTstcREYLQJViBJYkoNb2g28jwO0SVNSeMPgZwU5sbBWBgl4u3QX_qu1o7SmGFEWIW/s1600/utorrent.png" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"><a href="http://www.hackthesec.co.in/">www.hackthesec.co.in</a></span></div>

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Install uTorrent on Ubuntu 16.04 µTorrent, or uTorrent (see pronunciation) is a freeware, ad-supported, proprietary BitTorrent client owned and developed by BitTorrent, Inc. With over 100 million use…

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