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When installing and I get to the symbolic link I type in: sudo ln -s/opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/utserver /usr/bin/utserver I get a return of: ln: invalid option -- '/' What am I missing? This is my first time exploring linux.

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    May I suggest you to use Transmission instead of uTorrent? Transmisson in an open-source, lightweight and user-friendly torrent client for Linux. It has the same features uTorrent does, like downloading from magnet links, .torrent files, etc., and it does not have ads. It's in the official Ubuntu repositories; You can install it from the Software Center (search for Transmission) or simply run sudo apt-get install transmission-gtk in a terminal. After installed, search for it in the Dash. – Eduardo Cola Dec 26 '15 at 14:42
  • Please don't create a symbolic link in '/usr/bin' or '/bin'. Those are reserved for Ubuntu packages. If you messes with that, you will eventually get problems updating or installing packages. Instead you should use '/usr/local/bin'. The hierarchy '/usr/local' is reserved for local installations by the computers administrator. – Anders Dec 27 '15 at 12:10
  • Does this answer your question? How to create a soft or symbolic link? – karel Jun 03 '20 at 05:43

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It seems that you have an error in your code. Make sure there is a space between -s and /, otherwise the path to your program will be interpreted as a parameter to the ln command. The command line should be like this:

sudo ln -s /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/ utserver /usr/bin/utserver

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