BitTorrent help in Linux
 

Hi, I hate windows, and Ubuntu is so awesome I think I may be able to not use windows for good.... oh joy... But I need bit torrent and there are no guides on how to get it working in Linux. If anyone could give me a step by step guide (or point me toward one) on how to do this you will helping one more copy of windows to be left unused forever


Shane

Download the bittorrent client. I use bittornado and you can get it here:

http://www.bittornado.com/download.html

Unpack it:

# tar xjvf BitTornado-xxx

The cd into the new directory and read the installer instructions. Probably just:

./configure
make
make install

It requires python and wxpython for the gui. Then you can launch it doing:

btdownloadgui.py whatever.torrent

Check the settings to make sure the ports the client is using is open on your router and or firewall and you should be good to go.

Same deal but using Azureus linux client. Fast & self-updating. Preference really I suppose.