qBittorrent is a popular, free, and open-source BitTorrent client that is available for various operating systems including Linux. In this tutorial, we will see how to install qBittorrent on a recent version of POP! OS, a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and created by System76.
The first step is to add the qBittorrent repository to your system. You can do this by running the following commands in your terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable
sudo apt update
The first command adds the qBittorrent stable repository to your system's list of software sources. The second command updates the apt package index to make the newly added repository available.
Now that you have added the qBittorrent repository, you can install the qBittorrent package by running the following command:
sudo apt install qbittorrent
This command will download and install qBittorrent and its dependencies from the repository. You may be prompted to enter your password during the installation process.
Once the installation is complete, you can launch qBittorrent from the applications menu or by running the following command in your terminal:
qbittorrent
The first time you launch qBittorrent, you will be prompted to configure some settings such as the default download directory, network settings, and advanced options. You can choose the settings that best suit your needs or leave them at their default values.
In this tutorial, we have seen how to install qBittorrent on a recent version of POP! OS by adding the qBittorrent repository to the system and installing the qBittorrent package. You can now use qBittorrent to download torrents on your Linux machine.
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