qBittorrent 3.3.7 Released, Install on Ubuntu / Linux Mint [PPA]


qBittorrent 3.3.7 is released and Availalbe Now, how To Update and install on Ubuntu 16.10 'yakkety yak', Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 18 'sarah' and other Ubuntu derivative systems

qBittorrent is an open source project that provides users with a capable BitTorrent client that comes loaded with all the modern functionality necessary for daily torrenting. The application is written around the Qt4 toolkit, using the libtorrent-rasterbar library, which means that it supports the Linux FreeBSD, OS/2, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Familiar, µTorrent-like GUI front-end
With its familiar, µTorrent-like GUI (Graphical User Interface) front-end, the program can be easily used by novice users. It features fast resume of unfinished downloads on startup, without the need to recheck files. Major highlights include support for magnet links, full encryption, DHT (Distributed Hash Table), peer exchange, IP filtering, as well as an extensible and well-integrated search engine.

Features at a glance
Key features include Unicode support, support for connections through proxy servers, drag & drop of torrent files, the ability to limit upload and download speeds, or limit the number of simultaneous connections. The program provides supports for UDP (User Datagram Protocol) trackers, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding, bandwidth scheduler, as well as the ability to control it remotely through its web-based user interface written in Ajax.

What's new in qBittorrent 3.3.7

  • FEATURE: Delete torrent+files with Shift+Delete (pieniacy)
  • BUGFIX: Fix 6-hour speedplot point push rate. Close #5545 (Daniel Segesdi)
  • BUGFIX: Avoid spawning a new explorer.exe process when selecting "Open containing folder". Closes #5564. (Chocobo1)
  • BUGFIX: Fix loading of new geoip db due to an artificial size limit. (SagePtr)
  • BUGFIX: Better error handling and logging with smtp communication. (Brian Kendall)
  • SEARCH: Remove KickassTorrents search engine (ngosang)
  • SEARCH: Remove BTDigg search engine (ngosang)
  • SEARCH: Update Torrentz search engine (ngosang)


How to Install qBittorrent 3.3.7 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint [PPA] :

To Install / Update qBittorrent 3.3.7 onUbuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 18 'Sarah', Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 4.0 loki, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands: 

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

To remove complete, do :
sudo apt-get rem0ove qbittorrent

After installation is completed, search qbittorrent on ubuntu dashboard, like this :