qbittorrent command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix qbittorrent command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

qbittorrent: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: qbittorrent: command not found

Solutions to qbittorrent: command not found

How To Fix qbittorrent: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu qbittorrent is provided by qbittorrent package.

qbittorrent is:

BitTorrent client written in C++ and based on libtorrent-rasterbar with a Qt5 user interface. qBittorrent is a feature rich but lightweight client that is very similar to uTorrent. Its main features are:

  • Polished uTorrent-like user interface
  • Well integrated and extensible search engine
  • Remote control through a Web user interface
  • Vuze-compatible protocol encryption
  • uTorrent-compatible Peer eXchange (PeX)
  • DHT (trackerless) support
  • UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding
  • IPv6 compliant
  • RSS support with advanced download filters
  • Advanced control over torrent content and trackers
  • IP Filtering (eMule / Peer Guardian filters)
  • Torrents queueing and prioritizing
  • Good localization (~25 languages supported)
  • Unicode support

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install qbittorrent

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install qbittorrent.

sudo apt -y install qbittorrent

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install qbittorrent

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix qbittorrent command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.