February 9, 2009 · General ·

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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:

In the terminal:

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/azureus/Vuze_4.0.0.4_linux.tar.bz2?download && tar xvjf Vuze_4.0.0.4_linux.tar.bz2 && sudo aptitude install sun-java6-bin

For Azureus/Vuze 64bit:

In the terminal:

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/azureus/Vuze_4.0.0.4_linux-x86_64.tar.bz2?download && tar xvjf Vuze_4.0.0.4_linux-x86_64.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

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 chown -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!

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17 Comments to “HOWTO: Install Vuze/Azureus 4.0.0.4 in 8.10”

  1. Brett Howard says:

    Or just install Deluge and have something that even the windows guys wish they could run! 🙂

  2. Camilo says:

    “sudo chown -R 777 /usr/share/vuze” should be “sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/share/vuze”

  3. Vigyani says:

    Hi
    Now Azureus/ Vuze 4.1.0.2 is Released, I suppose it can be installed instead of 4.0.0.4.

    Use the following command to download:

    wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/azureus/Vuze_4.1.0.2_linux.tar.bz2?download && tar xvjf Vuze_4.1.0.2_linux.tar.bz2 && sudo aptitude install sun-java6-bin

    Rest of the commands remain the same. For changing the permissions use the corrected command given above i.e.

    “sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/share/vuze”

  4. netkillercat says:

    nice tutorial it works new fan of ubuntugeek
    not just for movies tv show on hd
    i also use it for all torrent files to lol

  5. Brett Howard\ says:

    You guys should give this one a try apt://deluge

  6. Brett Howard\ says:

    Darn that didn’t work… Well you can install with one command.

    sudo apt-get install deluge-torrent

  7. vasiauvi says:

    I have tried Azureus in WinXp and Vuze in Ubuntu but from my opinion it’s a resource eater.Now i use Ktorrent and also Transmission and everything it’s fine.
    Nevertheless great site and i have learned a lot from this web page!
    Thanks!

  8. Bob says:

    bob@bob-laptop:~/vuze$ sudo mv “azureus” “/usr/bin/azureus”
    mv: cannot stat `“azureus”’: No such file or directory

  9. Casper says:

    Hi there. Im really new with Ubuntu, but I have followed the turtorial several times now, with no luck. Every code and step works fine until I reach to “That’s it your done! Happy torrenting” 🙂
    I did make an icon with the help of “main menu”. But when I click the icon nothing happens. At all.

    Please help me out here. I really have no idea of what I should do to make it work! 🙂

    Thanks in advance.

  10. DC says:

    @caseper what happens why you type vuze into the terminal?

  11. Casper says:

    Hmm. It looks like I havent got java installed correctly.
    It says:
    nybroe@Nybroe:~$ vuze
    Starting Azureus…
    Java is GCJ.. looking for Sun Java..
    Java exec not found in PATH, starting auto-search…
    ls: kan ikke tilgĂĄ /usr/java/latest: No such file or directory
    ls: kan ikke tilgĂĄ /usr/java: No such file or directory
    ls: kan ikke tilgĂĄ /usr/lib/jvm/latest: No such file or directory
    Java exec found in /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/bin/
    Java is GCJ.. looking for Sun Java..

    But I have fooled around with java many times. I have read many forums of installing Sun Java, and it all went like they said in the forums.

  12. Casper says:

    Okay, so I looked into the Java-problem and I found out that I just had to update Java by using the code:

    sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun

    So now I got vuze to start, but it wont update.. When I type
    sudo chown -R 777 /usr/share/vuze

    in the terminal nothing happens. (used a fresh terminal)
    Shall I install Vuze all over now, or how do I get it to update?

    Thanks in advance

  13. venhow says:

    so sad,,i don’t know why…

    Starting Azureus…
    Java is GCJ.. looking for Sun Java..
    Java exec not found in PATH, starting auto-search…
    ls: cannot access /usr/java/latest: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/java: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/lib/jvm/latest: No such file or directory
    Java exec found in /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/bin/
    Java is GCJ.. looking for Sun Java..

  14. lifer says:

    thanks a lot it worked fine for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope .
    I downloaded Vuze 4.2.0.2 and I used vi instead of gedit.

    It also updated my plugins!

  15. Jessica says:

    dave@dave-desktop:~$ sudo mv “azureus” “/usr/bin/azureus”
    mv: cannot stat ‘azureus’: No such file or directory

    HELP!!!!

  16. Jessica says:

    OK i did exactly what this says and azureus still won’t work. I’m having problems with it. Someone please help.

    1. dave@dave-desktop:~$ sudo mv “vuze” “/usr/share/vuze/”
    mv: cannot move “vuze” to “/usr/share/vuze/vuze/”:Directory not empty

    and when i try to start azureus:

    dave@dave-desktop:~$ azureus
    Starting Azureus
    Suitable java version found [java = 1.6.0_15]
    Configuring environment…
    Java exec found in PATH. Verifying….
    You seem to have set an invalid PROGRAM_DIR, unable to continue!

  17. Janna Sadan says:

    Replaced in the rotation with Charlie Furbush, who I really don’t imagine will do any better.

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