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In this post we will tell about how to run popular torrent client uTorrent on Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi 3 are based on ARM microprocessor which is not supported by uTorrent. But it is possible to run uTorrent on Raspberry Pi 2 using virtual machine called ExaGear Desktop which allows to run x86 apps on Raspberry Pi 2/3. Below is simple instruction how to run uTorrent on your RPi and make from your RPi uTorrent server. |
Raspberry Pi test stand configuration
Model | Raspberry Pi 2 Model B |
Frequency | 900 MHz |
Memory | 1 GB RAM |
Operating System | Raspbian from May 2015 |
Software | uTorrent Server 3.3 Eltechs ExaGear Desktop for Raspberry Pi 2 v1.1 |
uTorrent installation instruction
Install ExaGear Desktop
1. Download ExaGear Desktop archive with installation packages and license key. Open command-line Terminal and unpack downloaded archive using the following command:
$ tar -xvzpf exagear-desktop-rpi2.tar.gz |
2. Install and activate ExaGear on your ARM device by running install-exagear.sh script in a directory with deb packages and one license key:
$ sudo ./install-exagear.sh |
Launch guest x86 system
3. Enter the guest x86 system using the following command:
$ exagear |
4. Now you are in x86 environment that can be checked by running ‘arch’ command:
$ arch i686 |
5. It is recommended to update apt-get repositories on the first launch of the guest system:
$ sudo apt-get update |
Install uTorrent
6. Download the latest uTorrent Server from here: http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/linux
You need to download uTorrent Server for Debian 32-bit.
7. Extract uTorrent Files to the /opt directory:
$ sudo tar xvzf utserver.tar.gz -C /opt/ |
8. Set permission on uTorrent Server folder:
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/ |
9. Run the command to link uTorrent Server to the /user/bin directory:
$ sudo ln -s /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/utserver /usr/bin/utserver |
Run uTorrent
10. Start uTorrent Server:
$ utserver -settingspath /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/ |
Note: If you get an error about libssl.so package missing, run the command below to install it, then try starting uTorrent Server again:
$ sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8:i386 |
11. Open Firefox and browse to the URL: http://localhost:8080/gui
The username is admin and leave the password field empty.
Final notes
It is worth to note that with ExaGear Desktop you can run other x86 apps on Raspberry Pi 2. ExaGear also supports first generation of Raspberry Pi and another ARM-based devices such as Odroid, Banana Pi, Beagleboard, Cubox, Jetson, Cubieboard etc.
uTorrent is ad-filled garbage now, imo. It was pretty good ten years ago, but the "micro" part is no longer very micro. qBittorrent is pretty good
(I understand that the client is not the point of this guide :) )