{"id":3858,"date":"2014-08-29T14:34:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T14:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=3858"},"modified":"2014-08-29T14:34:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T14:34:16","slug":"bittorrent-sync-1-4-released-install-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/08\/bittorrent-sync-1-4-released-install-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"BitTorrent Sync 1.4 Released, How to Install it in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/bittorrent-sync-logo-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3859\" alt=\"BitTorrent Sync 1.4 in Ubuntu\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/bittorrent-sync-logo-icon.png\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/bittorrent-sync-logo-icon.png 245w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/bittorrent-sync-logo-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>BitTorrent Sync, a p2p file syncing service, now has been updated to version 1.4 with new simplified UI and other new features.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bittorrent.com\/sync\" title=\"BitTorrent Sync website\" target=\"_blank\">BitTorrent Sync<\/a> is a simple tool that applies p2p protocol for direct live folder sync with maximum security, network speed and storage capacity. It has native versions for Mac, Windows and Linux, as well as native NAS integration.<\/p>\n<p>New in the latest 1.4:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New simplified UI<\/strong><br \/>\nUI was fully revised\u00a0and now looks similar on all platforms. Also, UI was simplified significantly to make Sync use\u00a0faster, convenient, and easy to use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HTTPS\u00a0links support<\/strong><br \/>\nHTTPS\u00a0links are generated\u00a0by Sync and shared\u00a0with a remote peer to exchange Keys securely, using X.509 certificates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Proxy server support added<\/strong><br \/>\nDirect connection between peers is possible as long as\u00a0one of the two peers is not behind a proxy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Finder \/ Explorer integration added<\/strong><br \/>\nRight-clicking on the folder in Explorer \/ Finder exposes &#8220;Share with BitTorrent Sync&#8221; item, which ads the folder to Sync and automatically generates a Key (Secret).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Moved folder\u00a0support<\/strong><br \/>\nSync tracks if synced folders move\u00a0and automatically adjusts paths to keep the folder synced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sync performance optimization<\/strong><br \/>\nImproves data transfer speed, CPU consumption, peer\u00a0discovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Numerous bug fixes reported by users in 1.3<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Install BitTorrent Sync in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The official packages are available for download at the link below, check your OS type (32-bit or 64-bit), download the appropriate package under the Linux section, and finally run the executable from the extracted folder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='http:\/\/www.bittorrent.com\/sync\/download' class='arconix-button arconix-button-large arconix-button-blue' target=\"_blank\" >Download BitTorrent Sync<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, you can access the web client in your Web Browser by visiting &#8220;http:\/\/localhost:8888\/gui\/&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/bittorrent-sync1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/bittorrent-sync1.png\" alt=\"BitTorrent web client\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/bittorrent-sync1.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/bittorrent-sync1-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>BitTorrent Sync Desktop App with Indicator Applet:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you want an easy way to deploy BitTorrent Sync on Ubuntu, there&#8217;s a desktop GUI with Unity indicator created by community. At the moment of writing this tutorial, it is at version 1.3.1. The latest 1.4 should be available soon.<\/p>\n<p><b>THE SOFTWARE AND THE PACKAGES BELOW ARE UNOFFICIAL AND NOT THE WORK OF BITTORRENT\u00ae INC.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/btsync_gui_indicator.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/btsync_gui_indicator.png\" alt=\"btsync_gui_indicator\" width=\"288\" height=\"269\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3861\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/btsync_gui.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/btsync_gui.jpg\" alt=\"BitTorrent Sync Desktop GUI\" width=\"580\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/btsync_gui.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/btsync_gui-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/btsync_gui1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/btsync_gui1.jpg\" alt=\"BitTorrent Sync GUI\" width=\"580\" height=\"403\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/btsync_gui1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/btsync_gui1-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.bittorrent.com\/topic\/28106-linux-desktop-gui-unofficial-packages-for-bittorrent-sync\/\" target=\"_blank\">via<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To install this unofficial ready to use server and desktop packages, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open the terminal, when it opens paste the commands below and run one by one:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tuxpoldo\/btsync\n\nsudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install btsync-gui<\/pre>\n<p>If you want to install the gtk version without the indicator, run below instead:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install btsync-gui-gtk<\/pre>\n<p>Above commands work for Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, and Ubuntu 12.04. Once you installed it, open the gui from Unity Dash and enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BitTorrent Sync, a p2p file syncing service, now has been updated to version 1.4 with new simplified UI and other new features. BitTorrent Sync is a simple tool that applies p2p protocol for direct live folder sync with maximum security, network speed and storage capacity. 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