How to install Qbit-torrent 3.3.11 on Ubuntu 16.04

How to install Qbit-torrent 3.3.11 on Ubuntu 16.04

The qbittorrent is a fork of bittorrent client application which is the alternative of utorrent. It supports major platforms like Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Ubuntu. This tutorial explains the installation process of qbittorent.

Features

• Simultaneous download of multiple torrents.
• Integrated torrent search engine.
• Integrated RSS feed reader and downloader.
• Good internationalization.
• DHT, PeX, Encryption, LSD, UPnP, NAT-PMP, µ TP.
• Cross platform (Linux, Mac OS, Windows).
• Torrent queuing and prioritizing.
• Control over files in a torrent (filtering, prioritizing)

Installation procedure

To install the qbittorrent, add the Qbit-torrent package into repository via ppa and run the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable
 Packages for the stable series of qBittorrent
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~qbittorrent-team/+archive/ubuntu/qbittorrent-stable
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp_4j6jy3d/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp_4j6jy3d/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 7CA69FC4 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp_4j6jy3d/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 7CA69FC4: public key " Launchpad PPA for qBittorrent Team"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Now the package is installed. Update the machine by entering the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/djcj/hybrid/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease [18.1 kB] 
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Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease       
Hit:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease    
Reading package lists... Done

Now install the qbittorrent package by running the command.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# apt-get install qbittorrent
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libqxt-core0
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Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libtorrent-rasterbar8 (1.0.11+git20172002.ecd20f15cb-1ppa1~xenial1) ...
Setting up qbittorrent (3.3.11-0ppa1~xenial) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

The installation is complete. To open search the Qbit-torrent from Ubuntu dashboard and open it.

Now you search and download the files through this application.

Isnt' it an easy installation?. The qbittorrent is a fork of bittorrent and it is easy to search and download as it is a very lightweight application.