Installing Popcorn Time on Ubuntu 16.x

InstallPopcornTime.md

1. Downloading

32 bits version

$ wget https://get.popcorntime.sh/build/Popcorn-Time-0.3.10-Linux-32.tar.xz -O popcorntime.tar.xz

64 bits version

$ wget https://get.popcorntime.sh/build/Popcorn-Time-0.3.10-Linux-64.tar.xz -O popcorntime.tar.xz

2. Unpacking

$ sudo mkdir /opt/popcorntime; sudo tar Jxf popcorntime.tar.xz -C /opt/popcorntime

3. Creating a shortcut

$ sudo ln -sf /opt/popcorntime/Popcorn-Time /usr/bin/Popcorn-Time

4. Creating the application launcher

$ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/popcorntime.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Name=Butter
Exec=/opt/popcorntime/Popcorn-Time
Icon=/opt/popcorntime/src/app/images/icon.png
Categories=Application;

5. Delete the downloaded file

$ rm popcorntime.tar.xz

Uninstall

$ sudo rm -Rf /opt/popcorntime
$ sudo rm /usr/bin/Popcorn-Time
$ sudo rm /usr/share/applications/popcorntime.desktop