How to install Vuze torrent client from the official website on Linux?

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After reading the installation steps of Vuze from the official website on Linux, I am in need of help how to install it properly, as the instructions are rather short and incomplete.

The particular OS in question is Linux Mint 18.3, but this should be a generic question covering most of Linuxes.

asked Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

Vlastimil

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Vuze turned into a horrible PoS a couple of years ago. Adverts might be involved, my memory is a bit fuzzy. Used it in Mac and switched to Transmission.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:10

@RuiFRibeiro This is not a question about how terrible it is. But only how to install it properly.
â€“Â Vlastimil
Dec 15 '17 at 11:11

That is why I made a comment and not an answer. Relax mate.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:12

Sorry about intruding again. Vuze created their own network to promote multimedia and social network wether you like it or not, that is why I abandoned it. Being a Java binary was a small part of it, actually.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:17

@RuiFRibeiro You can still switch it to the Classic mode. There is nothing to annoy you then.
â€“Â Vlastimil
Dec 15 '17 at 11:19

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After reading the installation steps of Vuze from the official website on Linux, I am in need of help how to install it properly, as the instructions are rather short and incomplete.

The particular OS in question is Linux Mint 18.3, but this should be a generic question covering most of Linuxes.

asked Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

Vlastimil

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Vuze turned into a horrible PoS a couple of years ago. Adverts might be involved, my memory is a bit fuzzy. Used it in Mac and switched to Transmission.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:10

@RuiFRibeiro This is not a question about how terrible it is. But only how to install it properly.
â€“Â Vlastimil
Dec 15 '17 at 11:11

That is why I made a comment and not an answer. Relax mate.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:12

Sorry about intruding again. Vuze created their own network to promote multimedia and social network wether you like it or not, that is why I abandoned it. Being a Java binary was a small part of it, actually.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:17

@RuiFRibeiro You can still switch it to the Classic mode. There is nothing to annoy you then.
â€“Â Vlastimil
Dec 15 '17 at 11:19

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show 1 more comment

up vote
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After reading the installation steps of Vuze from the official website on Linux, I am in need of help how to install it properly, as the instructions are rather short and incomplete.

The particular OS in question is Linux Mint 18.3, but this should be a generic question covering most of Linuxes.

asked Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

Vlastimil

6,4211147119

After reading the installation steps of Vuze from the official website on Linux, I am in need of help how to install it properly, as the instructions are rather short and incomplete.

The particular OS in question is Linux Mint 18.3, but this should be a generic question covering most of Linuxes.

asked Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

Vlastimil

6,4211147119

asked Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

Vlastimil

6,4211147119

asked Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

Vlastimil

6,4211147119

asked Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

Vlastimil

6,4211147119

Vuze turned into a horrible PoS a couple of years ago. Adverts might be involved, my memory is a bit fuzzy. Used it in Mac and switched to Transmission.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:10

@RuiFRibeiro This is not a question about how terrible it is. But only how to install it properly.
â€“Â Vlastimil
Dec 15 '17 at 11:11

That is why I made a comment and not an answer. Relax mate.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:12

Sorry about intruding again. Vuze created their own network to promote multimedia and social network wether you like it or not, that is why I abandoned it. Being a Java binary was a small part of it, actually.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:17

@RuiFRibeiro You can still switch it to the Classic mode. There is nothing to annoy you then.
â€“Â Vlastimil
Dec 15 '17 at 11:19

Â |Â
show 1 more comment

Vuze turned into a horrible PoS a couple of years ago. Adverts might be involved, my memory is a bit fuzzy. Used it in Mac and switched to Transmission.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:10

@RuiFRibeiro This is not a question about how terrible it is. But only how to install it properly.
â€“Â Vlastimil
Dec 15 '17 at 11:11

That is why I made a comment and not an answer. Relax mate.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:12

Sorry about intruding again. Vuze created their own network to promote multimedia and social network wether you like it or not, that is why I abandoned it. Being a Java binary was a small part of it, actually.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:17

@RuiFRibeiro You can still switch it to the Classic mode. There is nothing to annoy you then.
â€“Â Vlastimil
Dec 15 '17 at 11:19

Vuze turned into a horrible PoS a couple of years ago. Adverts might be involved, my memory is a bit fuzzy. Used it in Mac and switched to Transmission.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:10

@RuiFRibeiro This is not a question about how terrible it is. But only how to install it properly.
â€“Â Vlastimil
Dec 15 '17 at 11:11

That is why I made a comment and not an answer. Relax mate.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:12

Sorry about intruding again. Vuze created their own network to promote multimedia and social network wether you like it or not, that is why I abandoned it. Being a Java binary was a small part of it, actually.
â€“Â Rui F Ribeiro
Dec 15 '17 at 11:17

@RuiFRibeiro You can still switch it to the Classic mode. There is nothing to annoy you then.
â€“Â Vlastimil
Dec 15 '17 at 11:19

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Before we begin, note that you need openjdk-8-jre or higher installed; without it, the program won't run.

Download the tarball from the official website to the ~/Downloads directory:

https://www.vuze.com/download.php

Let's suppose, you don't have a ~/bin directory for your programs, so you need to create one; or generally speaking, you need to create a directory to store Vuze program files permanently:
```
mkdir --mode 0755 ~/bin
```

Move the tarball you have downloaded to this directory:
```
mv ~/Downloads/VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2 ~/bin
```

Go to the ~/bin directory:
```
cd ~/bin
```

Extract the archive:
```
tar -xjf VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
```

Remove the tarball, as we don't need it anymore:
```
rm VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
```

It will create the following directory:
```
vuze
```

Go to that directory:
```
cd vuze
```

(Recommendation) As the official download page does provide neither SHA-256 sum, nor a GPG signature, there is no way of checking, if the downloaded file has not been tempered with, so you may for example, upload the main program file to VirusTotal.com to check it out:
```
Azureus2.jar
```

Convert the following files from DOS to Linux line endings:
```
dos2unix vuze.schemas vuze.desktop LICENSES.txt
```

Copy the icons and a related file into appropriate place:

sudo cp vuze.png vuze.torrent.png vuze.schemas /usr/share/pixmaps/

Open the desktop file with any text editor, I used nano:
```
nano vuze.desktop
```

Edit the line starting with:
```
Exec=
```

To contain:

Exec=/home/YOUR_USER_NAME/bin/vuze/vuze %f

Copy the desktop file to system menu:

sudo cp vuze.desktop /usr/share/applications

Copy the desktop file to your desktop and make it "Trusted" as Ubuntu says, essentially this is done by making it executable:
```
cp vuze.desktop ~/Desktop
chmod 755 ~/Desktop/vuze.desktop
```

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answered Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

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Before we begin, note that you need openjdk-8-jre or higher installed; without it, the program won't run.

Download the tarball from the official website to the ~/Downloads directory:

https://www.vuze.com/download.php

Let's suppose, you don't have a ~/bin directory for your programs, so you need to create one; or generally speaking, you need to create a directory to store Vuze program files permanently:
```
mkdir --mode 0755 ~/bin
```

Move the tarball you have downloaded to this directory:
```
mv ~/Downloads/VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2 ~/bin
```

Go to the ~/bin directory:
```
cd ~/bin
```

Extract the archive:
```
tar -xjf VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
```

Remove the tarball, as we don't need it anymore:
```
rm VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
```

It will create the following directory:
```
vuze
```

Go to that directory:
```
cd vuze
```

(Recommendation) As the official download page does provide neither SHA-256 sum, nor a GPG signature, there is no way of checking, if the downloaded file has not been tempered with, so you may for example, upload the main program file to VirusTotal.com to check it out:
```
Azureus2.jar
```

Convert the following files from DOS to Linux line endings:
```
dos2unix vuze.schemas vuze.desktop LICENSES.txt
```

Copy the icons and a related file into appropriate place:

sudo cp vuze.png vuze.torrent.png vuze.schemas /usr/share/pixmaps/

Open the desktop file with any text editor, I used nano:
```
nano vuze.desktop
```

Edit the line starting with:
```
Exec=
```

To contain:

Exec=/home/YOUR_USER_NAME/bin/vuze/vuze %f

Copy the desktop file to system menu:

sudo cp vuze.desktop /usr/share/applications

Copy the desktop file to your desktop and make it "Trusted" as Ubuntu says, essentially this is done by making it executable:
```
cp vuze.desktop ~/Desktop
chmod 755 ~/Desktop/vuze.desktop
```

edited Dec 15 '17 at 11:33

answered Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

Vlastimil

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Before we begin, note that you need openjdk-8-jre or higher installed; without it, the program won't run.

Download the tarball from the official website to the ~/Downloads directory:

https://www.vuze.com/download.php

Let's suppose, you don't have a ~/bin directory for your programs, so you need to create one; or generally speaking, you need to create a directory to store Vuze program files permanently:
```
mkdir --mode 0755 ~/bin
```

Move the tarball you have downloaded to this directory:
```
mv ~/Downloads/VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2 ~/bin
```

Go to the ~/bin directory:
```
cd ~/bin
```

Extract the archive:
```
tar -xjf VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
```

Remove the tarball, as we don't need it anymore:
```
rm VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
```

It will create the following directory:
```
vuze
```

Go to that directory:
```
cd vuze
```

(Recommendation) As the official download page does provide neither SHA-256 sum, nor a GPG signature, there is no way of checking, if the downloaded file has not been tempered with, so you may for example, upload the main program file to VirusTotal.com to check it out:
```
Azureus2.jar
```

Convert the following files from DOS to Linux line endings:
```
dos2unix vuze.schemas vuze.desktop LICENSES.txt
```

Copy the icons and a related file into appropriate place:

sudo cp vuze.png vuze.torrent.png vuze.schemas /usr/share/pixmaps/

Open the desktop file with any text editor, I used nano:
```
nano vuze.desktop
```

Edit the line starting with:
```
Exec=
```

To contain:

Exec=/home/YOUR_USER_NAME/bin/vuze/vuze %f

Copy the desktop file to system menu:

sudo cp vuze.desktop /usr/share/applications

Copy the desktop file to your desktop and make it "Trusted" as Ubuntu says, essentially this is done by making it executable:
```
cp vuze.desktop ~/Desktop
chmod 755 ~/Desktop/vuze.desktop
```

edited Dec 15 '17 at 11:33

answered Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

Vlastimil

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up vote
0
down vote

accepted

Before we begin, note that you need openjdk-8-jre or higher installed; without it, the program won't run.

Download the tarball from the official website to the ~/Downloads directory:

https://www.vuze.com/download.php

Let's suppose, you don't have a ~/bin directory for your programs, so you need to create one; or generally speaking, you need to create a directory to store Vuze program files permanently:
```
mkdir --mode 0755 ~/bin
```

Move the tarball you have downloaded to this directory:
```
mv ~/Downloads/VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2 ~/bin
```

Go to the ~/bin directory:
```
cd ~/bin
```

Extract the archive:
```
tar -xjf VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
```

Remove the tarball, as we don't need it anymore:
```
rm VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
```

It will create the following directory:
```
vuze
```

Go to that directory:
```
cd vuze
```

(Recommendation) As the official download page does provide neither SHA-256 sum, nor a GPG signature, there is no way of checking, if the downloaded file has not been tempered with, so you may for example, upload the main program file to VirusTotal.com to check it out:
```
Azureus2.jar
```

Convert the following files from DOS to Linux line endings:
```
dos2unix vuze.schemas vuze.desktop LICENSES.txt
```

Copy the icons and a related file into appropriate place:

sudo cp vuze.png vuze.torrent.png vuze.schemas /usr/share/pixmaps/

Open the desktop file with any text editor, I used nano:
```
nano vuze.desktop
```

Edit the line starting with:
```
Exec=
```

To contain:

Exec=/home/YOUR_USER_NAME/bin/vuze/vuze %f

Copy the desktop file to system menu:

sudo cp vuze.desktop /usr/share/applications

Copy the desktop file to your desktop and make it "Trusted" as Ubuntu says, essentially this is done by making it executable:
```
cp vuze.desktop ~/Desktop
chmod 755 ~/Desktop/vuze.desktop
```

edited Dec 15 '17 at 11:33

answered Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

Vlastimil

6,4211147119

Before we begin, note that you need openjdk-8-jre or higher installed; without it, the program won't run.

Download the tarball from the official website to the ~/Downloads directory:

https://www.vuze.com/download.php

Let's suppose, you don't have a ~/bin directory for your programs, so you need to create one; or generally speaking, you need to create a directory to store Vuze program files permanently:
```
mkdir --mode 0755 ~/bin
```

Move the tarball you have downloaded to this directory:
```
mv ~/Downloads/VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2 ~/bin
```

Go to the ~/bin directory:
```
cd ~/bin
```

Extract the archive:
```
tar -xjf VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
```

Remove the tarball, as we don't need it anymore:
```
rm VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
```

It will create the following directory:
```
vuze
```

Go to that directory:
```
cd vuze
```

(Recommendation) As the official download page does provide neither SHA-256 sum, nor a GPG signature, there is no way of checking, if the downloaded file has not been tempered with, so you may for example, upload the main program file to VirusTotal.com to check it out:
```
Azureus2.jar
```

Convert the following files from DOS to Linux line endings:
```
dos2unix vuze.schemas vuze.desktop LICENSES.txt
```

Copy the icons and a related file into appropriate place:

sudo cp vuze.png vuze.torrent.png vuze.schemas /usr/share/pixmaps/

Open the desktop file with any text editor, I used nano:
```
nano vuze.desktop
```

Edit the line starting with:
```
Exec=
```

To contain:

Exec=/home/YOUR_USER_NAME/bin/vuze/vuze %f

Copy the desktop file to system menu:

sudo cp vuze.desktop /usr/share/applications

Copy the desktop file to your desktop and make it "Trusted" as Ubuntu says, essentially this is done by making it executable:
```
cp vuze.desktop ~/Desktop
chmod 755 ~/Desktop/vuze.desktop
```

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answered Dec 15 '17 at 11:07

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