This package used to include a init script which was largely unused and cluttered up the boot process unnecessarily. It is preserved in the /usr/share/doc/bittorrent/examples directory with it's defaults file. In order to restore previous functionality, simply run: # cp /usr/share/doc/bittorrent/examples/bittorrent.init /etc/init.d/bittorrent # cp /usr/share/doc/bittorrent/examples/bittorrent.default /etc/default/bittorrent # update-rc.d bittorrent defaults