How to associate .torrent files with utorrent server?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

My little ponyhack

1. Create directory for torrents:

   mkdir ~/torrents
   

2. Add this as autoload directory:

   

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

   

Voila! It should work.