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Home / How To / How to Install qBittorrent 4.2 in Ubuntu

How to Install qBittorrent 4.2 in Ubuntu

By Sourabh / December 20, 2019 Category: How To, Ubuntu

How to install qBittorrent 4.2.1 in Ubuntu Linux. Learn how to run qBittorrent on Ubuntu and uninstall qBittorrent Ubuntu.

qBittorrent Features

  • Polished µTorrent-like User Interface
  • Well-integrated and extensible Search Engine
    • Simultaneous search in many Torrent search sites
    • Category-specific search requests (e.g. Books, Music, Software)
  • RSS feed support with advanced download filters (incl. regex)
  • Many Bittorrent extensions supported:
    • Magnet links
    • Distributed hash table (DHT), peer exchange protocol (PEX), local peer discovery (LSD)
    • Private torrents
    • Encrypted connections
    • and many more…
  • Remote control through Web user interface, written with AJAX
    • Nearly identical to the regular GUI
  • Sequential downloading (Download in order)
  • Advanced control over torrents, trackers and peers
    • Torrents queueing and prioritizing
    • Torrent content selection and prioritizing
  • Bandwidth scheduler
  • Torrent creation tool
  • IP Filtering (eMule & PeerGuardian format compatible)
  • IPv6 compliant
  • UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support
  • Available on all platforms: Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OS/2
  • Available in ~70 languages

qBittorrent 4.2.1 Changelog

  • FEATURE: Enable portable mode if “profile” directory exists (Tester798)
  • FEATURE: Enable “Apply rate limit to peers on LAN” option by default (Chocobo1)
  • BUGFIX: Sync translations from Transifex and run lupdate (sledgehammer999)
  • BUGFIX: Don’t unnecessarily delete OS files in folders (sledgehammer999)
  • BUGFIX: Use the incomplete folder where appropriate (sledgehammer999)
  • BUGFIX: Align Properties tab bar correctly on window resize (Prince Gupta)
  • BUGFIX: Rework the listening IP/interface selection code (sledgehammer999)
  • BUGFIX: Fix inconsistent icon for deleting torrent (Chocobo1)
  • BUGFIX: Show torrent error message in transfer list (Chocobo1)
  • BUGFIX: Fix stuck in wrong torrent state (Chocobo1)
  • BUGFIX: Expand single-item folders in torrent content (warren)
  • WEBUI: Bump Web API version (sledgehammer999)
  • WEBUI: Add ability to rename torrent files from the WebUI (Thomas Piccirello)
  • WEBUI: Mention lack of HTTPS in WebUI magnet link warning (nl6720)
  • WEBUI: Fix HTML elements size in search tab (Chocobo1)
  • SEARCH: Fix incorrect translation displayed after language change (Chocobo1)
  • SEARCH: Fix missing translations in search plugins dialog (Chocobo1)
  • WINDOWS: Update russian translation of the installer (Andrei Stepanov)

Install qBittorrent 4.2.1 in Ubuntu

Run the following commands in terminal to Install qBittorrent in Ubuntu Linux Systems:

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

Uninstall qBittorrent 4.2.1

If you wish to uninstall and remove qBittorrent from Ubuntu Linux Systems, run the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable
sudo apt-get remove --autoremove qbittorrent
sudo apt update

ATTENTION: There’s a slight change in the way network interfaces are configured. If you have a specific network interface/local address set in the Advanced Settings, go and make sure that your settings have stayed the same. The extra setting for Listen on IPv6 address has been removed.

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