How do you Install vuze-4.1.0.4 ubuntu 08.10

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See following URL: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-vuzeazureus-4004-in-810.html

Here is an updated guide:

HOWTO: Install Vuze_4.1.0.4_linux.tar.bz2 in 8.10

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Okay first things first you are going to need to download the newest version of Azureus and install the java runtime environment.

For Azureus/Vuze 32bit:

Copy-paste the following command into the Terminal and hit the <enter> key:

wget http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/azureus/Vuze_4.1.0.4_linux.tar.bz2 && tar xvjf Vuze_4.1.0.4_linux.tar.bz2 && sudo aptitude install sun-java6-bin

Next we are going to have to edit the azureus script in order to point it to the location we are going to move the core files to.

    cd vuze

    sudo gedit azureus

Now find this line in the file:

    #PROGRAM_DIR=”/home/username/apps/azureus” # use full path to Azureus bin dir

and replace it with this:

    PROGRAM_DIR=”/usr/share/vuze”

Remember to remove the # or else it won’t work. Now it is time to move everything where it needs to be. While still in the vuze directory in the terminal type:

    sudo mv “azureus” “/usr/bin/azureus”

    sudo mv “vuze” “/usr/bin/vuze”

    cd ..

    sudo mv “vuze” “/usr/share/vuze/”

That’s it your done! Happy torrenting

Optional Steps:

Make it so Vuze can update itself now:

sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/share/vuze

Add icon to applications menu:

Goto System->Main Menu->Internet->New Item

    Type:Application

    Name: Vuze

    Command: vuze

In order to get the frog icon for it click the spring board looking icon on this dialog to the left.

Where it says browse type in /usr/share/vuze and wait a second for it to load. You should now see something called vuze.png. Click on it and hit okay and you are done!

Regards,

Mark

I've just been playing around with torrenting and found the standard "Transmission" was much better in terms of speed and quality. It's not as pretty but when i found the little I for information button gave me all the same stuff about peers downloading rates etc that i'd had from Vuze. Also Vuze kept falling over and demanding updates and restarts - a typical Windows product i thought. My main machine wasn't even too bad with 2.8GHz chip, 2Gb ram but with 4Gb linux-swap partition.

Anyway i recommend giving Transmission a good go before starting with Vuze. Also there are a few other native linux torrenting apps before using one that was ported over from Windows and retains the Windows philosophy

Good luck and regards from
Disgruntled ex-Vuze user

PS This is only my experience and it may well have all been user-error, something my stupid machine often suffers from ;)

For new comers to Linux(like me)
 Direct link:--
http://www.getdeb.net/download/4352/0 (For 32 Systems)
http://www.getdeb.net/download/4353/0 (For 64 Systems)

Hope it will be easier :-)