Installing Newest Azureus in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn

This works for anyone running Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn, not just for Dell Inspiron 1501 users.

Step 1:
You need to have Java 5 or higher installed. If you need to install Java follow my guide for installing Java 6 in Feisty

If you need to check the version of Java you have installed run:
java -version

Step 2:
Download the newest version 2.5.0.4 of Azureus from sourceforge.com
For 64 bit systems look here.

Step 3:
In a terminal type:
cd Desktop
*or cd /filepath to where you downloaded the azureus tar ball

Now untar and install Azureus:
sudo tar jxvf Azureus_2.5.0.4_linux.tar.bz2 -C /opt/

Set root permissions to Azureus:
sudo chown -R root:root /opt/azureus/

Setup a launcher for Azurues in the Application->Internet menu:
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/Azureus.desktop

Add this to the file you just created:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Azureus
Comment=P2P Client
Exec=/opt/azureus/azureus
Icon=/opt/azureus/Azureus.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;
*Save and Close

Step 4:
Setup Azureus to run via the command line:
sudo gedit /usr/bin/azureus

Add this to the file you just created:
#!/bin/sh

/opt/azureus/azureus "$*"
*Save and Close

Make it executable:
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/azureus

To run Azureus via command line:
/usr/bin/azureus

To run Azureus as root:
sudo /usr/bin/azureus

Don't know where to find torrents or how to? Check out my Bittorrent Guide
Now you have the newest version of Azureus up and running enjoy.