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Here is a quick guide to setting up the uTorrent and WebUI client on a Ubuntu Hardy box.

Step 1 - Download

The first step is to download the uTorrent and WebUI client:

• uTorrent 1.7.7 Stable (214kB) - Download Here
• uTorrent WebUI First Public Beta - Download Here

Step 2 - Installation

Installing Wine

There is no standalone uTorrent client for Linux so you will have to use Wine.

To install Wine click on Applications > Add/Remove…

After the Add/Remove Applications menu has loaded type wine in the Search: area and hit Enter.

The Wine Windows Emulator application should now be available from the download list, if it isn’t already selected than click on the check box so it is ticked.

Then click on the Apply Changes button.

To complete the installation process you will be asked to Apply the follow changes?, click the Apply button.

You will then be prompted for your password, after entering it click the OK button.

Once you have entered your password the installation process will begin and you will be notified if the installation of Wine has been successful. Click the Close button to exit out of the Add/Remove Applications menu.

Installing the uTorrent client

You will notice that the uTorrent client we downloaded is an executable file.

To launch uTorrent using Wine, right click on the uTorrent.exe file and click the Open with “Wine Windows Emulator” option.

uTorrent should now launch without any problems, just like it would in Windows.

When you minimize the uTorrent you are able to maximize it again by double clicking on the uTorrent icon available in the top panel.

Installing the uTorrent WebUI Client

Before we continue you will need to install unrar as the uTorrent WebUI client comes in a rar archive.

First, open up a new Terminal window.

Type in the following commands to install the unrar application.

sudo apt-get install rar

[ENTER] then…

sudo ln -fs /usr/bin/rar /usr/bin/unrar

[ENTER]

Now, locate the webui_v0.310_beta_2.rar file, right click on it and choose the Extract Here option.

A folder labeled webui_v0.310_beta_2 should of extracted succefully with the following files/folders in it:

• webui.zip
• README.txt
• sortableable (folder)

We will need to move the webui.zip file to a location on the C:\ of Wine.

To open up the Wine C:\ click on the Applications > Wine > Browse C:\ Drive.

In the file browser navigate to this location:

windows > profiles > [user] > Application Data > uTorrent

In the screen shot below my user is htpc.

From the extracted rar file copy the webui.zip file and paste it into the folder location above, do not unzip it.

That’s it! You have installed the uTorrent WebUI, now all we need to do is set it up.

Step 3 - Setting up the uTorrent WebUI

Double click on the uTorrent icon in the top panel, then click on Options > Preferences…

This will launch the Preferences menu, click on the + sign next to the Advanced options in the left pane and then the Web UI option.

Firstly, click the check box next to Enable Web Interface to unlock all the WebUI options.

The options you can configure here are:

• Authentication
  • Username : The username you would like to use to access the WebUI.
  • Password : The password you would like to use to access the WebUI.
  • Enable Guest account with username : If you would like to allow a ‘Guest’ access you can set up the user name for the Guest account.
    
• Connectivity
  • Alternative listening port (default is bittorrent port) : You have the ability to change the listening port that WebUI uses; 8080 is the default port.
    
  • Restrict access to the following IPs : You can block certain IP address’s from accessing the uTorrent WebUI.

My options were setup exactly to the screen shot above.

Now we are ready to test if it all works, in your web browser address bar type in:

http://your_ubuntu_ip:8080/gui

If you don’t know what the IP of your Ubuntu box is, you can find out by typing the “ifconfig” command in a terminal window.

In my case I had to type in http://192.168.1.7:8080/gui, you will be prompted for a password, type in the password you have set up in your options and you should now see the uTorrent WebUI.

So that’s how you setup uTorrent and WebUI client on Ubuntu Hardy!

If you have any problems or suggestions please comment.

Enjoy!