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UbuntuBoy1
Asked: 2020-12-08 04:51:08 +0800 CST

Installing program - Vuze torrent client - using .tar.bz2 - vol. 2

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Program name: Vuze - its a torrent client. What is needed: installing vuze program.

What I did so far according to one of the users - which actually enabled me to at least run the program.

The work: Terminal -> tar -xjvf VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2

Output: folder with content of package got extracted into Downloads

The work: Terminal -> cd vuze

Output: navigated to vuze folder

The work: Terminal -> ./vuze

Output: the program got opened!

Kyodake - you helped me already!

Conclusion: The program got opened, but the situation is far from resting on the laurels!

Question:

Now that the program at least works - what do I have to do further to install it so it appears on list of available apps and I can run it without going through this entire process?

My idea: STEP 1: According to a tutorial - the installed programs are usually stored in

/bin/

/usr/bin/

/sbin/

/usr/sbin/

STEP 2: Move the entire Vuze folder into e.g. /usr/bin/

But..what next?

vuze

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    First thing to note - this application is not single executable, so it is bit hard to install. It was previously packaged for Ubuntu as Azureus, but now it is missed in the repositories.

    In this particular case you can use Snap version @ 5.7.6.0:

    sudo snap install vuze-vs

    If you want to install it manually, then you have to install Java Runtime Environment with

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install default-jre

    and then do the installation in the correct way by following ArchLinux PKGBUILD as good reference:

    cd ~/Downloads
wget https://cf1.vuze.com/files/VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
tar -xf VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2

sudo mv vuze /opt/vuze

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin/
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/applications/
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/pixmaps/

sudo mv /opt/vuze/vuze /usr/local/bin/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/vuze /usr/local/bin/azureus

sudo mv /opt/vuze/swt/swt64.jar /opt/vuze/swt.jar

sudo mv /opt/vuze/vuze.png /usr/local/share/pixmaps/vuze.png
sudo mv /opt/vuze/vuze.desktop /usr/local/share/applications/vuze.desktop

sudo sed -i "s|#PROGRAM_DIR=.*|PROGRAM_DIR=\"/opt/vuze\"|" /usr/local/bin/vuze
sudo sed -r -e "s|Exec=$pkgname %f|Exec=$pkgname %U|" \
         -e "s|(x-bittorrent)|\1;x-scheme-handler/magnet;|" \
         -i /usr/local/share/applications/vuze.desktop

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