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I just installed µTorrent Server for Ubuntu 12.04 (3.3 build 30470) using this step by step guide How to install utorrent step by step? and it works just fine.

Now I want to start a torrent just by double-clicking the .torrent file.

To do this I need to create an association with utserver. The problem is that utserver doesn't have a .desktop file that I can edit in order to make the association.

Any ideas on how to do this?

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Well, you just can't. The µtorrent server is just... a server. There's no client/user interface outside the WebUI. You would need to move the torrents to a directory to add them automatically to the queue, otherwise I doubt you can do anything useful.

If you don't want that I recommend you using other clients.

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  • But OP can associate torrent files with script which will add them into appropriate directory. This is kinda like a hack, but it will work as desired. – Danatela Apr 28 '14 at 03:53
  • @Danatela yeah, but I wouldn't use it if there's already something more easy/lazy, that I could do. Setting a directory and telling utorrent to add all torrents from there seems like The Right Thing To Do™ – Braiam Apr 28 '14 at 04:01
  • @Danatela Can you please expand/elaborate your comment? I would try your version of doing things but I don't even know where to start. – AugustinJ Apr 28 '14 at 07:42
  • @AugustinJ OK, I will write it in answer. – Danatela Apr 28 '14 at 07:50
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My little ponyhack

  1. Create directory for torrents:

    mkdir ~/torrents

  2. Add this as autoload directory:

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  3. Create script torrent-utserver.sh and place it in /usr/local/bin:

    #!/bin/bash
# little helper script
mv "$@" ~/torrents

    Change permissions to execute

    sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/torrent-utserver.sh

  4. Associate *.torrent files to this script

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Voila! It should work.

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