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uTorrent under Ubuntu in 3 Easy StepsEmulate uTorrent under Linux! |
By Marius Nestor, Linux Editor
9th of March 2007, 14:04 GMT
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These days, BitTorrent is the most popular P2P (peer-to-peer) file distribution protocol. Whether you want to share some files or you just want to get your hands on the latest Linux distributions, then you must use a BitTorrent client.
There are many BitTorrent clients for Linux, starting with the old and classical BitTorrent (yes, just like the protocol) and ending with the brand new Deluge, and somewhere in the middle we can enumerate very popular BitTorrent clients like Azureus, Transmission or rTorrent, each one providing very interesting features and functionality.
On the other hand (and this is what we're gonna talk about today), if you have "Windows friends", you must have heard them talking about that very tiny and light BitTorrent client called uTorrent. uTorrent is (of course) a BitTorrent client, with impressive features, like faster download speeds, intelligent configurable disk caching, trackerless support and lighter than any other P2P client out there. Now, you have Linux that is a Windows application, what do you do? Very simple, follow the instructions below!
Step 1 - Install Wine
Open a console and type:
CODE sudo aptitude install wine
Step 2 - Create uTorrent executable script
CODE sudo gedit /usr/bin/utorrent
A text editor will open, just paste in the following lines. Remember to leave a blank line after the code below!
CODE #!/bin/sh
cd ~/utorrent/
if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
var="`echo $1 | sed 's////g'`"
var="Z:${var}"
wine utorrent.exe "$var"
else
wine utorrent.exe
fi
Save and close. This will create a script in your /usr/bin/ folder. You still need to make this script executable, so type the following command in a console:
CODE sudo chmod a x /usr/bin/utorrent
Now create a folder called utorrent in your home directory, then download the latest version (Standalone, NOT the installer) of the uTorrent application from Softpedia and place it in the folder you've just created.
Step 3 - Create Desktop Shortcut
In this final step, we're gonna create a desktop shortcut for the uTorrent script above, so you don't have to type any command at all.
Right click on your desktop and go to "Create Launcher...". On the new launcher window, fill the fields as follows:
Type: Application
Name: uTorrent
Command: wine "/your-home-directory/utorrent/utorrent.exe"
Comment: BitTorrent Client
See screenshots below:
Note: Replace "your home directory" in the Command field above, with /home/your-name (e.g. /home/marius)
Choose a suitable icon, and click OK. Now all you have to do in order to enjoy uTorrent is to double click on the uTorrent icon on your desktop. Great thing is that you will also have a tray icon.
Please look at some screenshots below:
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| Comment #1 by: Viswanath on 06 Dec 2007, 16:18 GMT |  reply to this comment | i followed all the instructions ...but after i created the launcher , whne i double click on the shortcut , it says-
There was an error launching the application.
Details: Failed to execute child process "/home/viswan/utorrent/utorrent-1.8-alpha-6838.upx.exe" (Permission denied)
So, any suggestions of what do do to proceed ?
Regards
Viswanth |
| Comment #1.1 by: emjaykanfa on 26 Mar 2008, 17:04 GMT | the error message
"There was an error launching the application.
Details: Failed to execute child process "/home/viswan/utorrent/utorrent-1.8-alpha-6838.upx.exe" (Permission denied)"
This is received because when you go to create launcher (by right click on the desktop area and click "create launcher") you need to make sure that the command area says the following: wine "/home/viswan/utorrent/utorrent-1.8-alpha-6838.upx.exe" and not just "/home/viswan/utorrent/utorrent-1.8-alpha-6838.upx.exe"
The word wine with a space must come before "/home/viswan/utorrent/utorrent-1.8-alpha-6838.upx.exe"
that did the trick for me after i received the same error you did |
| Comment #2 by: Andrei on 08 Dec 2007, 18:26 GMT | reply to this comment | I did that by this way
1. install wine
2. install utorrent with wine
2. click on link of needed torrent
4. open torrent file with -> chose application to open
is very easy, and its working very well !!!
enjoy |
| Comment #3 by: affe on 10 Jan 2008, 11:48 GMT | reply to this comment | thanks for the help
i did all of the above but i cant get it to work.
i have the same problem as viswanath
Details: Failed to execute child process "/home/afrim/utorrent/utorrent.exe" (Permission denied |
| Comment #4 by: c3po on 11 Jan 2008, 09:19 GMT | reply to this comment | the problem is that utorrent-1.8-alpha-6838.upx.exe file is an installer not a standalone thats why it didnt work
if you download this (beacuse its a standalone), it will work fine
http://c3po_r2.extra.hu/utorrent/utorrent-161.exe
c3po |
| Comment #5 by: ata on 13 Jan 2008, 13:00 GMT | reply to this comment | Hi there,
The utorrent starts I just cant make it to download the torrent files. How can I do that? Thank |
| Comment #6 by: dznodes on 14 Feb 2008, 23:20 GMT | reply to this comment | Great post.
I was able to set this up and it was working fine until I removed the "system tray" icon from my top panel. I am using Ubuntu 7.10. Once I removed it from the panel, I tried to reinstall the program to get it back up there and was uable to do this.
Now, it have a "system tray" icon that shows up on my desktop instead. Also, it is not working as well.
How can I start over and get it working like it was before? |
| Comment #6.1 by: marius.nestor on 15 Feb 2008, 05:54 GMT | I guess you need to completely remove Wine from your system. Execute the following command in a terminal:
sudo dpkg -P wine
Then remove the hidden .wine folder from your home directory.
And after this, reinstall Wine! |
| Comment #7 by: ogami on 31 Mar 2008, 19:42 GMT | reply to this comment | #!/bin/sh
cd "/home/marque/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/uTorrent/"
if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
var="`echo $1`"
wine "/home/marque/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/uTorrent/uTorrent.exe" "$var"
else
wine "/home/marque/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/uTorrent/uTorrent.exe"
fi
I got this to work with the self installer version 1.7.7
sorry for messing with your script |
| Comment #8 by: Ansgar on 04 May 2008, 13:29 GMT | reply to this comment | This is a very complicated and complex way of doing it.....
Heres my suggestion:D
1. go to terminal type: sudo apt-get wine Accept any questions that come.
2. go to utorrent.com and download it to your desktop
3. Right click the icon and select open with wine.
4. By this time, its already installed:P |
| Comment #9 by: sch on 27 May 2008, 08:06 GMT | reply to this comment | "The utorrent starts I just cant make it to download the torrent files. How can I do that? Thank"
Can anyone explain this, i am having the same problem. I chose the option to make uTorrent my default app to download torrents, however it still uses Transmission |
| Comment #10 by: jamesjj on 30 Aug 2008, 17:42 GMT | reply to this comment | mu torrent working better with win than linux. use deluge . |
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