Install Frostwire 6.1.9 On Ubuntu / Debian / LinuxMint

In this tutorial i will show you how to install the latest version of Frostwire 6.1.9 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ,LinuxMint 17 / 16 / 15  & Debain systems.

Frostwire an Opensource Bitorrent application available for Linux and other operating systems(Mac , windows).

The Latest stable version of Frostwire is 6.1.9 and it is released recently.This  release has major changes and some features are added in it. 

Frost requires Java in your PC , If you don't have pre-installed then follow this tutorial.

The following are the changes in Frostwire 6.1.9

• Fixes Youtube search issues.
• New jlibtorrent 1.1.0.15
• Shared maglnk url shortening not done with Bit.ly anymore.
• Library now remembers your last media type selection for the next session.
• Fixes event handling bug on “Create New Playlist” dialog for MacOSX.
• New FrostWireInputDialog.

Installation Steps

PPA's are not available  for installing the Frostwire so we manually need t donwload the deb file from the site and need to install

Step 1: Open terminal and download the Frostwire deb package from home website

wget http://dl1.frostwire.com/frostwire/6.1.9/frostwire-6.1.9.all.deb

Step 2: Install Frostwire

sudo dpkg -i frostwire-6.1.9.all.deb

If you are facing any package related to dependencies,run the below command

sudo apt-get install -f