Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, FrostWire is a free, open-source, cross-platform BitTorrent application, running on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. The latest version available is FrostWire 5.6.5, which has been released recently.
FrostWire 5.6.5 comes with big improvemenets. See the changelog for more information.
In this article I will show you how to install Frostwire 5.6.5 on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna and Pear OS 8.
Frostwire 5.6.5 is not available via any ppa for Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and Linux Mint 14 Nadia, so we have to download the deb package and install it with dpkg:
$ wget -c dl.frostwire.com/frostwire/5.6.5/frostwire-5.6.5.all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i frostwire-5.6.5.all.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
For Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 13 Maya and Pear OS 8, we will install Frostwire 5.6.5 via the GetDeb repository. Follow the instructions for your system exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Frostwire 5.6.5 on Ubuntu 13.04, Linux Mint 15 and Pear OS 8:
$ wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu raring-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install frostwire
How to install Frostwire 5.6.5 on Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13 and Elementary OS 0.2:
$ wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu raring-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install frostwire