How to setup Utorrent In Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Debian

We all know about utorrent , its lightweght torrent downloader , utorrent is available as native app for windows , mac and android as well but not for Linux . There are many other option are available for downloading torrent some of them are ” Transmission ” and ktorrent ( for KDE ) etc . but you can use “utorrent ” in linux its comes with web interface let me show you how to setup and use utorrent in Ubuntu / Linux mint / Debian

Prerequisites

Ubuntu / Debian
Working Internet Connection

Setup

1 . Download and setup Latest Release

$ wget -c -O utserver.tar.gz http://download-new.utorrent.com/os/linux-x64-debian-7-0/track/beta/endpoint/utserver/

$ tar -xvzf utserver.tar.gz

# Removing tarball 

$ rm -rf utserver.tar.gz

$ sudo mv utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3 /opt/utsever

# create symbolic link to utserver executable 

$ sudo ln -s /opt/utsever/utserver /usr/bin/utserver

# Change permissions for write and read access 

$ sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/utsever/

Now you can run utserver normally using utsever command

$ utserver -settingspath /opt/utsever/ -daemon

-settingspath parameter will setup proper setting path and -daemon parameter will let utserver run in background .
Now Open Web browser and browser to http://localhost:8080/gui if you are accessing from your computer otherwise use your ip if you are accessing from network

http://127.0.0.1:8080/gui OR http://YOUR_IP:8080/gui

by default it don’t require any password to login , just use username admin but you can set password once you logged just hit settings then web ui then enter password and hit save