{"id":6218,"date":"2016-09-09T10:22:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T10:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6218"},"modified":"2016-09-09T10:22:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T10:22:27","slug":"setup-%ce%bctorrent-server-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/setup-%ce%bctorrent-server-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install \/ Setup \u03bcTorrent (uTorrent) in Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/utorrent-icon245.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/utorrent-icon245.png\" alt=\"utorrent ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quick tutorial for beginners how to install \u03bcTorrent (uTorrent) in Ubuntu 16.04, by setting up \u03bcTorrent server in Ubuntu so you can easily access and control your BitTorrent downloading any where (over LAN or internet) using a web browser.<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Download \u03bcTorrent for Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='http:\/\/www.utorrent.com\/intl\/en\/downloads\/linux' class='arconix-button arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Download uTorrent server for Ubuntu 13.04<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu server, grab the package via wget command:<\/p>\n<p><i>Download utserver for 32-bit system:<\/i><\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">wget http:\/\/download-new.utorrent.com\/endpoint\/utserver\/os\/linux-i386-ubuntu-13-04\/track\/beta\/ -O utserver.tar.gz<\/pre>\n<p><i>Download utserver for 64-bit system:<\/i><\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">wget http:\/\/download-new.utorrent.com\/endpoint\/utserver\/os\/linux-x64-ubuntu-13-04\/track\/beta\/ -O utserver.tar.gz<\/pre>\n<p><b>2. Install uTorrent sever to \/opt\/, and create symlink<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) or login to Ubuntu server, and run command to extract the downloaded server to \/opt\/:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo tar -zxvf utserver.tar.gz -C \/opt\/<\/pre>\n<p>For Ubuntu Desktop user who downloaded uTorrent server package using a web browser, you may replace the command with:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo tar -zxvf ~\/Downloads\/utserver.tar.gz -C \/opt\/<\/pre>\n<p>Then you may change the ownership via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo chown root:root -R \/opt\/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3\/<\/pre>\n<p>And finally create a symlink to the executable via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo ln -s \/opt\/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3\/utserver \/usr\/bin\/utserver<\/pre>\n<p><b>3. Install the required <code>libssl<\/code> library via command:<\/b><\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev<\/pre>\n<p><b>4. Finally start uTorrent server:<\/b><\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">utserver -settingspath \/opt\/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3\/ &<\/pre>\n<h4>Login \u03bcTorrent web client:<\/h4>\n<p>Open a web browser and go to <b>http:\/\/server-ip-address:8080\/gui<\/b> or <b>http:\/\/yourdomain.com:8080<\/b> to get into the login screen. <i>(get you ip via <code>ifconfig<\/code> command)<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>For the first login, type <b>admin<\/b> as username and leave the password box empty.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>username: admin<\/li>\n<li>password: none<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/utorrent-web-ui.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/utorrent-web-ui-600x375.jpg\" alt=\"uTorrent Web UI\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/utorrent-web-ui-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/utorrent-web-ui-450x281.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/utorrent-web-ui.jpg 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;re in, go to <b>Settings -> Web UI<\/b> to change username and password, remote access IPs. 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