How to install qBittorrent and Transmission Bittorrent

To install qBittorrent and Transmission Bittorrent in ubuntu 15.10

In this tutorial we will learn how to install Bit-torrent clients qBittorrent and Transmission Bittorrent in Ubuntu.

qBittorrent

qBittorrent is a cross-platform client for the BitTorrent protocol which is an open-source software released under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2).

To install qbittorrent

Run the following command to add the qbittorrent package into your repository using PPA.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/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
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Update the machine by running the following command.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update 
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease                                                               
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en                                                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en                                                    
Fetched 22.5 kB in 24s (915 B/s)  

Utilise the following command to install the qbittorrent package into your repository.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install qbittorrent  
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up libtorrent-rasterbar8 (1.0.7-1ppa1~wily3) ...
Setting up qbittorrent (3.3.6-0ppa1~wily1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...

To launch the qbittorrent

Run the following command to open the qbittorrent.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# qbittorrent

Transmission BitTorrent

Transmission BitTorrent client is a free software licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License (GNU GPL).

To install BitTorrent

Run the following command to add the transmission BitTorrent package into your repository via PPA.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa 
Stable builds of transmissionbt
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~transmissionbt/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Update the machine by running the following command.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update 
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease                                                                                
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease  
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en                                                        
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en                                                    
Fetched 19.7 kB in 18s (1,072 B/s)

Utilise the following command to install the transmission bittorrent package.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install transmission-gtk 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.4-1) ...
Setting up transmission-common (2.92-0ubuntu0.15.10.1) ...
Setting up transmission-gtk (2.92-0ubuntu0.15.10.1) ...

To launch transmission bittorrent

Run the following command to Launch the transmission bittorrent.

root@user1-linuxhelp:/home/user1# bittorrent