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An application used to manage running downloads by the user. E.g. in Ubuntu: wget, uget, kget

Download managers are meant to give simple and easy-to-use interface for download management. They come with various features such as Resumable downloads, Queue downloads, Web-browser integration, Clipboard monitoring, Import download list HTML or text files, Batch download of files. They may also offer multiple connections for accelerated download of files.

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What download managers are available for Ubuntu?

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How to make wget faster or multithreading?

I've just upgraded my computer hardware(cpu + motherboard + graphic card + memory + hard disk), so that install a new OS is needed. I tried to download debian-6.0.6-amd64-netinst.iso with wget command but the speed is so slow that I could not bear.…
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"Open containing folder" in Firefox does not use my default file manager

My system default is Nautilus. But when I right-click in Downloads and choose "open containing folder", it opens Thunar and not Nautilus. How can I change that?
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Is there a GUI for youtube-dl?

youtube-dl is advanced but it lacks a good GUI. I personally can't use such a program without a GUI. Something similar to YTD downloader will be good. I need it to have a progress bar and other quality control option. Ability to download multiple…
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How to download large Google Drive file with resume support in Ubuntu?

My prefered browser: Chromium My prefered download manager : uget+aria2 When I download a Google Drive folder shared to me, Chromium automatically downloads it by its default download manager. Problem is the size is really huge. So I got to have…
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How do I install Xtreme Download Manager in Ubuntu?

Since Ubuntu is very slow to download a file I would like to install Xtreme Download Manager for downloading. Please suggest me a way to install Xtreme Download Manager in Ubuntu 14.04.
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IDM-Like softwares in ubuntu

Earlier I was using Windows 7. It was having IDM (Internet download Manager) from which I was able to download almost all the types of files from the internet. I was also able to download online streaming videos by the help of IDM. It was really…
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How to take ownership over an existing Ubuntu Software Center app?

My name is Michael Tunnell and I am one of the project members of the download manager, uGet. uGet has been out of date in Ubuntu for over a YEAR and we are trying to fix that. (You can verify my involvement by going to…
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Why is wget still shipped as the default download manger, whereas there's richer apps

aria2c has invaluable features like: Segmented downloading Metalink Support Download multiple files simultaneously Multiple connections downloading Torrent support with chunk checksum validation which I believe don't exist in wget, and the…
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Download Manager for Ubuntu that can open multiple HTTP connections

Is there a download manager that can open multiple connections to the specified URL and download part files only to join the files later and present it as one single file? I know about wget, but as far as i know, it opens a single connection to…
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How can I change download location in aria2?

I am really new to ubuntu and using 14.04 version. I have heard that Aria2 is one of the best download managers. How can I change the directory using terminal so that it can put the file on a specific hard drive after it finishes downloading?
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Which download manager is capable of 'throttle' and 'pause & resume' a running instance of download from a script

When downloading big files it necessary to pause the download many times. A big file can be downloaded by using wget. First start download, then kill wget, then resume download by wget -c. I want to pause downloads too many times depending on events…
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Download accelerators for Ubuntu

What are the Download accelerators available for Ubuntu? I like prozilla, but couldn't find a way to install it using apt or software center.
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How to install Xtreme Download Manager (XDM) in Ubuntu 18.04?

In order to install Xtreme Download manager, I've used the following commands based on what is said here. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xdman But here's what I get from the terminal and I can't…
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How to increase connection numbers in wget?

I want to increase my download speed (like download accelerators) in the wget command by increasing number of connections. In the aria2c we can use -x option to recognize number of connections per server, but how we can do this in wget?
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