Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Vuze (ex Azureus), is a lightweight BitTorrent client having the normal functions of such a program: multiple downloads, queuing/prioritizing files, start/stop seeding options. The latest version available is Vuze 5.3.0.1 Beta 36, which has been released a while ago. For information about this latest release, see the changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install Vuze 5.3.0.1 Beta 36 on the most popular Linux systems, including Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, LXLE, Debian, Crunchbang, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva, Gentoo and Arch Linux.
Because a portable version of Vuze 5.3.0.1 Beta 36 is available via the official site, using Vuze on Linux is easy. All you have to do is download the archive, extract it and link the launcher to /usr/bin/vuze, for an easier usage:
$ wget http://cf1.vuze.com/files/VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
$ tar -xjvf VuzeInstaller.tar.bz2
$ sudo rm -rf /opt/vuze*
$ sudo mv vuze /opt/vuze5.3.0.1b36
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/vuze5.3.0.1b36/vuze /usr/bin/vuze
Next, to launch vuze just open the terminal, type “vuze” and hit enter.