How To Install qBittorrent On Ubuntu

qBittorrent, free and reliable P2P bittorrent client, reached the new major 4.0.0 release a few days ago with many new great features and numerous bug-fixes.

qBittorrent 4.0.0 features:

• Change qbittorrent logo.
• New icon theme with SVG source
• Drop Qt4 support.
• UI for managing locally banned IP list
• Support for specifying where to save/load config files. Support for portable mode.
• Possible to pass options via ENV variables
• Implemented share limit by seeding time
• Enable drag n drop to create torrent on mainwindow
• Use the system icons for each file type in the Content tab
• Add show/hide statusbar option
• Linux: Allow custom tray icons when system icon theme is used
• And so many other changes.

How to Install qBittorrent 4.0 in Ubuntu:

The qBittorrent stable PPA contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and Ubuntu 18.04.
Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher. When it opens, do:
1. Run command to add the PPA repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable

Type your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then upgrade qBittorrent via Software Updater if you have a previous release installed.

or run following commands one by one to check updates and install / upgrade the bittorrent client:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qbittorrent

Uninstall:

You can easily remove the PPA repository via Software & Updates utility under Other Software tab.
To remove qBittorrent, either use your system package manager or run command:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove qbittorrent

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