If you wish to embed GeoIP database into qBittorrent executable, please download put GeoIP.dat in this folder. GeoIP Database can be downloaded from here: * http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz Note that the database should be uncompressed. Embedding GeoIP database into qBittorrent executable is advised for: * Windows * Mac OS X * Linux distributions that don't provide GeoIP database in a separate package On Linux operating system, since this is not the default behavior, you also need to pass --with-geoip-database-embedded parameter to the configure file.