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How to install uTorrent in Ubuntu with wine

uTorrent is my favorite torrent client, unfortunately it works only on Windows. We can emulate Windows with wine and run uTorrent.

So first lets install wine:

sudo apt-get install wine

Now go to the uTorrent download page and get the latest version, in my case:

wget http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.5/utorrent.exe

Installing it is very easy, just run

wine utorrent.exe

and it will ask you to create shortcuts, click yes.

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Now you should find a uTorrent shortcut on your desktop, you can also find it under the Wine menu in Applications.

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Thats it!

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This entry was posted on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 at 7:17 am and is filed under Apps, HOWTOs, P2P. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

10 Responses to “How to install uTorrent in Ubuntu with wine”

  1. [...] How to install uTorrent in Ubuntu with wine uTorrent is my favorite torrent client, unfortunately it works only on Windows. We can emulate Windo… [...]

  2. No emulation occurs with WINE, wine is a recursive acronym which stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator. WINE is a compatibility layer, not an emulator.

  3. [...] trr135 wrote a fantastic post today on “How to install uTorrent in Ubuntu with wine | HowTo Ubuntu”Here’s ONLY a quick extract [...]

  4. Looks like WINE is getting better and better. It might even be time to make the switch.

  5. wine makes windows apps look hella shitty

  6. @ jett: to make wine apps look like regular XP apps, in a terminal type:

    gksudo gedit ~/.wine/user.reg

    find the line [Control Panel\\Colors] random numbers and add a semi-colon before that then paste the following underneath that line:

    [Control Panel\\Colors] 1085191500
    “ActiveBorder”=”212 208 200″
    “ActiveTitle”=”10 36 106″
    “AppWorkSpace”=”128 128 128″
    “Background”=”58 110 165″
    “ButtonAlternateFace”=”181 181 181″
    “ButtonDkShadow”=”64 64 64″
    “ButtonFace”=”212 208 200″
    “ButtonHilight”=”255 255 255″
    “ButtonLight”=”212 208 200″
    “ButtonShadow”=”128 128 128″
    “ButtonText”=”0 0 0″
    “GradientActiveTitle”=”166 202 240″
    “GradientInactiveTitle”=”192 192 192″
    “GrayText”=”128 128 128″
    “Hilight”=”10 36 106″
    “HilightText”=”255 255 255″
    “HotTrackingColor”=”0 0 128″
    “InactiveBorder”=”212 208 200″
    “InactiveTitle”=”128 128 128″
    “InactiveTitleText”=”212 208 200″
    “InfoText”=”0 0 0″
    “InfoWindow”=”255 255 225″
    “Menu”=”212 208 200″
    “MenuBar”=”212 208 200″
    “MenuHilight”=”0 0 0″
    “MenuText”=”0 0 0″
    “Scrollbar”=”212 208 200″
    “TitleText”=”255 255 255″
    “Window”=”255 255 255″
    “WindowFrame”=”0 0 0″
    “WindowText”=”0 0 0″

    that should make wine apps look like windows xp classic theme

  7. Thank’s a lot for the post !!

    please !!! what about to uninstall utorrent ???
    I cn’t find in wine uninstaller daemon !!!

    why ?

  8. the uninstaller is in the wine settings.

  9. Followed the above, but don’t get a desktop icon, neither do I see UTorrent appear in the wine area from the applications menu.

    any ideas?

  10. [...] uTorrent under wine works pretty well in Linux. For a quick overview of installation, see this HowTo Ubuntu blog post. One problem with installing under wine is that file associations are not set correctly. This means [...]

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