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 5.7.5, which comes with an improved mp4 parser, improved cloud search results, support for Java 8 and fixes for both the soundcloud url track/set downloads and cloud download errors.
In this article I will show you how to install FrostWire 5.7.5 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, LXLE, Elementary OS, Peppermint, Linux Lite, Deepin, Debian, Kwheezy, Crunchbang, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia and OpenMandriva systems.
For Ubuntu, Debian and derivatives, the frostwire deb package is available via sourceforge, so we have to download the package from there and install it via command-line. I prefer gdebi over dpkg, due to the fact that it also handles dependencies.
How to install FrostWire 5.7.5 on both 32 bit and 64 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, LXLE, Elementary OS, Peppermint, Linux Lite, Debian, Kwheezy and Crunchbang systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/frostwire/files/FrostWire%205.x/5.7.5/frostwire-5.7.5.all.deb
$ sudo gdebi frostwire-5.7.5.all.deb
Optional, to remove FrostWire, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove frostwire
For Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia and OpenMandriva systems, the rpm package can be also downloaded from sourceforge and installed via command-line.
How to install FrostWire 5.7.5 on both 32 bit and 64 bit Fedora and CentOS systems:
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/frostwire/files/FrostWire%205.x/5.7.5/frostwire-5.7.5.noarch.rpm
$ sudo yum localinstall frostwire-5.7.5.noarch.rpm
Optional, to remove FrostWire on Fedora and CentOS, do:
$ sudo yum remove frostwire
How to install FrostWire 5.7.5 on both 32 bit and 64 bit OpenSUSE systems:
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/frostwire/files/FrostWire%205.x/5.7.5/frostwire-5.7.5.noarch.rpm
$ sudo zypper install frostwire-5.7.5.noarch.rpm
Optional, to remove FrostWire on OpenSUSE, do:
$ sudo zypper remove frostwire
How to install FrostWire 5.7.5 on both 32 bit and 64 bit Mageia and OpenMandriva systems:
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/frostwire/files/FrostWire%205.x/5.7.5/frostwire-5.7.5.noarch.rpm
$ sudo urpmi frostwire-5.7.5.noarch.rpm
Optional, to remove FrostWire on Mageia and OpenMandriva, do:
$ sudo urpme remove frostwire