- Command Line Torrent Clients There are also multiple command line torrent clients available for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux from which three of them are listed below. Aria2 Aria2 is a command line torrent client. It is easy to use and has clean terminal output in order to monitor the torrent download progress.
- Deluge is among my favorite bit torrent clients for Ubuntu. It is fast, slick and packed with all sorts of functionalities. Deluge is not available in Ubuntu by default, but its in the repositories. Click Here to Install Deluge in Ubuntu from official repositories.
- Ubuntu MATE Remix. Prior to becoming an official Ubuntu flavour. 14.10 was released first, followed by a LTS build based on 14.04. See Wikipedia for release dates.
The most like old favorite UTorrent (though without the adverts and cryptojackers), BitTorrent supports modern torrent client features like magnet links, private torrents, encrypted connections.
Deluge Bit Torrent Client
Deluge is among my favorite bit torrent clients for Ubuntu. It is fast, slick and packed with all sorts of functionalities. Deluge is not available in Ubuntu by default, but its in the repositories.
- Click Here to Install Deluge in Ubuntu from official repositories.
- Now, if you want to install the latest bleeding edge version of Deluge instead, you need to do the following in Terminal.
- Done. Now goto Applications - Internet - Deluge BitTorrent Client.
As you all should know already, Transmission is the default bit torrent client in Ubuntu for a long time now. Transmission is a nice mix of simplicity and functionality. And it is my second favorite bit torrent client(after Deluge). It incorporates all the basic features you would expect from a torrent client.
- Transmission is available by default in Ubuntu. But if you want to install the latest bleeding edge version of browser in Ubuntu, you need to do the following in Terminal.
- Done. Now goto Applications - Internet - Transmission BitTorrent Client.
- Click Here to Install qBittorrent in Ubuntu from official repositories.
- Now, if you want to install the latest bleeding edge(and unstable) version of qBittorrent instead, you need to do the following in Terminal.
- Done. Now goto Applications - Internet - qBittorrent.
- Click Here to Install KTorrent in Ubuntu from official repositories.
- You can install latest version under development version of KTorrent instead via Kubuntu backports PPA(though I haven't tried it myself).
- Done. Now goto Applications - Internet - KTorrent.
Ubuntu Command Line Torrent Client
Vuze bit torrent client is also a widely used alternative among Ubuntu users. Though I have never really preferred it over the likes of Deluge or Transmission, I have noticed elsewhere that a lot of Linux users actually prefer Vuze(previously called Azureus).- Click Here to Install Vuze in Ubuntu from official Ubuntu repositories.
Quick tutorial for beginners how to install μTorrent (uTorrent) in Ubuntu 16.04, by setting up μTorrent server in Ubuntu so you can easily access and control your BitTorrent downloading any where (over LAN or internet) using a web browser.
1. Download μTorrent for Ubuntu:
The latest packages in Linux download page are said for Ubuntu 13.04, however, it works on all current Ubuntu releases including Ubuntu 16.04:
For Ubuntu server, grab the package via wget command:
Download utserver for 32-bit system:
Download utserver for 64-bit system:
- Now, if you want to install the latest bleeding edge(and unstable) version of qBittorrent instead, you need to do the following in Terminal.
- Done. Now goto Applications - Internet - qBittorrent.
- Click Here to Install KTorrent in Ubuntu from official repositories.
- You can install latest version under development version of KTorrent instead via Kubuntu backports PPA(though I haven't tried it myself).
- Done. Now goto Applications - Internet - KTorrent.
Ubuntu Command Line Torrent Client
Vuze bit torrent client is also a widely used alternative among Ubuntu users. Though I have never really preferred it over the likes of Deluge or Transmission, I have noticed elsewhere that a lot of Linux users actually prefer Vuze(previously called Azureus).- Click Here to Install Vuze in Ubuntu from official Ubuntu repositories.
Quick tutorial for beginners how to install μTorrent (uTorrent) in Ubuntu 16.04, by setting up μTorrent server in Ubuntu so you can easily access and control your BitTorrent downloading any where (over LAN or internet) using a web browser.
1. Download μTorrent for Ubuntu:
The latest packages in Linux download page are said for Ubuntu 13.04, however, it works on all current Ubuntu releases including Ubuntu 16.04:
For Ubuntu server, grab the package via wget command:
Download utserver for 32-bit system:
Download utserver for 64-bit system:
2. Install uTorrent sever to /opt/, and create symlink
Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) or login to Ubuntu server, and run command to extract the downloaded server to /opt/:
For Ubuntu Desktop user who downloaded uTorrent server package using a web browser, you may replace the command with:
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Then you may change the ownership via command:
And finally create a symlink to the executable via command:
3. Install the required libssl library via command:
4. Finally start uTorrent server:
Login μTorrent web client:
Open a web browser and go to http://server-ip-address:8080/gui or http://yourdomain.com:8080 to get into the login screen. (get you ip via ifconfig command).
For the first login, type admin as username and leave the password box empty.
- username: admin
- password: none
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Once you're in, go to Settings -> Web UI to change username and password, remote access IPs. And you may enable Remote Access to allow remote access from anywhere on the internet.
