Installing Azureus on linux

Intro

Azureus is a Java based BitTorrent client, it supportsI2P and Tor anonymous communication protocols.
You can install Azureus from the official sources since the Bitorrent protocol can be used in GNU / Linux.

You should already have Java installed! Either by your package manager or by the official sources of SUN.

Installation

1) Download Azureus from : http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php
2) Decompress the downloaded file

cd /home/downloads/sources
tar xvf Azureus_2.4.0.2_linux.tar.bz2

The unzipped files will be found in /home/downloads/sources

3) Then Switch to Administrator mode

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4) Copy the whole unzipped file in /usr/local/src

cp -pR /home/telechargements/sources/azureus /usr/local/src

5) Azureus is now operational in the binary /usr/local/src/azureus/azureus
You can add this software to the menu of KDE or Gnome or any other window manager using the binary. You can similarly create a shortcut on the desktop.
6) You can also legitimately want to run Azureus from the console with a simple command azureus. It is necessary to create a symlink in /usr/local/bin. For azureus to work, it is necessary to create the symbolic links of the binary. This gives:

ln -s /usr/local/src/Azureus-2.4.0.2/azureus /usr/local/bin

7) The creation of the symlink is not sufficient. In the state, type in a command console and azureus you an error message indicating an invalid path program! You must edit the script of binary, so do : /usr/local/src/Azureus-2.4.0.2/azureus
On Admin mode, in the console enter:
/usr/local/src/Azureus-2.4.0.2/azureus

This will allow you to edit the script with Kate and save the changes.

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8) At the top of the script you should see :

# PROGRAM_DIR="/home/username/apps/azureus"	# use full path to Azureus bin dir

Customize and you will see:


PROGRAM_DIR="/usr/local/src/Azureus-2.4.0.2/"

Then save!

9) You may want to also change the references to a new envirronnement Java. For example, when installing primitive is Java 1.4.x that was installed by default but for some reason you have also installed Java 1.5.x as well (leaving Java security 1.4.x).

Just above the path to the binary Azureus (see above: point 8), you must have:

# JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR=""

Personalization gives:

JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR="/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/bin/"

Save Again

Remember to set your firewall to allow transfers BitTorrents ;-) These are the ports TCP 6881 to 6889.