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µTorrent is a lightweight and efficient BitTorrent client for Windows with many features.
First of all we need to add a new repo for this you need to edit the sources.list file
#vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Add this to the end of the file, save and quit:
deb http://eclipxe.com.mx/debian/ ./
deb-src http://eclipxe.com.mx/debian ./
Update the source list using the following command
# apt-get update
Now we will install Wine and Alltray
# apt-get install alltray wine
Download latest µTorrent from here
create a dir using the following command
#mkdir utorrent
go in to the utorrent directory
#cd utorrent
#wget http://download.utorrent.com/1.6.1/utorrent.exe
Get icon using the following command
#wget http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/5093/utorrenteh8.png
Now we will create a menu entry for uTorrent, so su to root again:
# vi /usr/share/applications/utorrent.desktop
You should now have an empty file, copy and paste this (and replace “USERNAME” with your actual username:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=uTorrent
GenericName=BitTorrent Client
Icon=/home/”USERNAME”/.utorrent/utorrenteh8.png
Exec=alltray --icon /home/”USERNAME”/.utorrent/utorrenteh8.png wine /home/”USERNAME”/utorrent/utorrent.exe
Path=
Terminal=false
MimeType=
Categories=Application;Network;
Save the file and exit.
You need to provide the Exe path according to where you want to keep utorrent .exe file
To refresh gnome-panel, issue this command
killall gnome-panel
µTorrent should now be found in the “Applications—>Internet” menu.
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September 27th, 2007 at 1:33 am
Why would someone install a Windows application such as uTorrent in linux? The ktorrent package is a suitable linux torrent application.
D.
November 13th, 2007 at 11:45 am
i agree with DOUGman, use of wine should only be encouraged when we don’t have any alternate package or if the alternate pacakage is to young.