{"id":9655,"date":"2019-12-18T14:58:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T14:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9655"},"modified":"2019-12-18T14:58:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T14:58:23","slug":"qbittorrent-4-2-1-released-ubuntu-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/12\/qbittorrent-4-2-1-released-ubuntu-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"qBittorrent 4.2.1 Released with Libtorrent Fixes (Ubuntu PPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/qbittorrent-icon245.png\" alt=\"qBittorrent\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>qBittorrent torrent client 4.2.1 was released today. Here\u2019s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10.<\/p>\n<p>qBittorrent 4.2.1 brings libtorrent fixes which make UDP through proxies work again. The listening IP\/interface selection code has been reworked. <i>If you have a specific network interface\/local address set in the Advanced Settings, go and make sure that your settings have stayed the same.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Other changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable portable mode if &#8220;profile&#8221; directory exists<\/li>\n<li>Enable &#8220;Apply rate limit to peers on LAN&#8221; option by default<\/li>\n<li>Expand single-item folders in torrent content<\/li>\n<li>Rework the listening IP\/interface selection code<\/li>\n<li>Bug-fixes and some Web UI changes. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qbittorrent.org\/news.php\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News page<\/a> for more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/qbittorrent421-600x362.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"362\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/qbittorrent421-600x362.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/qbittorrent421-450x272.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/qbittorrent421-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/qbittorrent421.jpg 1019w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install qBittorrent 4.2.1 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~qbittorrent-team\/+archive\/ubuntu\/qbittorrent-stable\" target=\"_blank\">official qBittorrent PPA<\/a> has built the new release packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10.<\/p>\n<p>1. To add the PPA, open <u>terminal<\/u> by either pressing <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard or searching for &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from application menu. When it opens, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team\/qbittorrent-stable<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/qbittorrent-ppa-bionic-600x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"158\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/qbittorrent-ppa-bionic-600x158.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/qbittorrent-ppa-bionic-450x118.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/qbittorrent-ppa-bionic-768x202.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/qbittorrent-ppa-bionic.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. If an old version was installed, upgrade it via <b>Software Updater<\/b>,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-qbittorrent-450x301.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade qBittorrent\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-qbittorrent-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-qbittorrent-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-qbittorrent.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or run following commands to install \/upgrade qBittorrent in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update && sudo apt install qbittorrent<\/pre>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove qBittorrent PPA, either go to <b>Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software<\/b>, or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:qbittorrent-team\/qbittorrent-stable<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the bittorrent client, either use your system package manager or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove qbittorrent<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>qBittorrent torrent client 4.2.1 was released today. Here\u2019s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10. qBittorrent 4.2.1 brings libtorrent fixes which make UDP through proxies work again. The listening IP\/interface selection code has been reworked. If you have a specific network interface\/local address set in the Advanced Settings, go and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[702],"class_list":["post-9655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-qbittorrent"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}