Questions tagged [downloads]
Downloading a file is taking a file stored on a remote machine or attached device and transferring it to your computer to be stored.
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How to download an MP3 track from a YouTube video
There are several Q&A threads that explain how to download youtube videos using the terminal.
However, I would also like to learn how to extract the video's soundtracks as MP3 files--also using ...
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How to download playlist to mp3 format with youtube-dl?
I'm trying to download some videos in mp3 format. It's a playlist. How do I download the whole playlist using one command?
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"Failure to download extra data files" after installing ttf-mscorefonts-installer
After fresh install 12.04 I && updating apt and system restart, I always get this annoying message after reboot :
Failure to download extra data files
The following packages requested ...
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"Failure to download extra data files" with ttf-mscorefonts-installer on Ubuntu 16.04
I have been receiving notifications about "failure to download extra data files" from update notifier. It asked me to download fonts in request from the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. However, ...
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Download ZIP file with curl command
How can I download ZIP file with curl command? I tried curl -sO, but error occurred. I want to download zip file from address:
http://github.com/ziyaddin/xampp/archive/master.zip
but can't. What must ...
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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 ...
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Downloading multiple files with youtube-dl
I use youtube-dl to download files from YouTube. I have tried downloading multiple files, but it is not working out for me. I have to open multiple terminals and start afresh every time I want to ...
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How to install JetBrains ToolBox in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
I downloaded the zipped folder for the ToolBox app from JetBrains' official site. After extracting the folder, I clicked multiple times on the ToolBox executable app, but nothing happened on the ...
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How to make ttf-mscorefonts-installer package download fonts, after it says it installed?
When I install "Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts" (ttf-mscorefonts-installer) from the Software Center on 14.04, it gives a positive response--but after this I get a download error. It ...
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How do I download and install Handbrake?
I'm new at Ubuntu so I don't know very well how to use the terminal in order to download and install programs that aren't in the software center. I've tried without success downloading and installing ...
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Download a whole website with wget (or other) including all its downloadable content
I'm trying to download winamp's website in case they shut it down. I need to download literally everything.
I tried once with wget and I managed to download the website itself, but when I try to ...
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What is the difference between curl and wget? [closed]
Both of these curl and wget are use for downloading files, etc. What are the notable differences one might take in account in order chose one over the other?
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Where can I find 32-bit version of Ubuntu?
I need to find the 32-bit version, and all I keep finding is the 64-bit. Can anyone provide me with a link?
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gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
When I run:
tar -zxvf john-1.7.0.2.tar.gz
I get this:
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
It should start unpacking.
Some ...
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What are some audio/video converters for Linux? [closed]
What are some audio/video converters for Linux?
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How do I disable fetching of DEP-11 files
I noticed, In 16.04, apt-get update downloads more data. Some of the big files include DEP-11 things which I don't know much about.
I have found a Debian Wiki page https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream, ...
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How to download all videos on a youtube channel?
I always use youtube for getting information I need.
What I want is a script or a command that grabs and downloads all videos from a given channel.
NOTE: I tried youtube-dl but with no success.
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how do I install a network manager on Ubuntu?
I uninstalled my network manager trying to fix a problem. Now I have no network manager and therefore no internet. So I need one and I need to install it?
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I used wget to download html files, where are the images in the file stored?
Firefox was loading very slow, so I decided to use wget to save HTML files.I used the following command,
wget http://textbook.s-anand.net/ncert/class-xii/chemistry/hello-this-first-chapter
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How to extract a tar.gz file [duplicate]
I am new to Ubuntu and I would like to know how I extract a tar.gz file. Thanks!
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How do I restart a wget download?
I use the wget application. One file has stopped downloading. How can I stop the download and start the download again?
Here's the log for wget
$ tail -f wget-log
287350K .......... .......... .........
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Is there a setting to make Firefox not directly download PDFs to Downloads when using "Open With"?
Ubuntu MATE 20.04
Possible culprits:
Email client: Thunderbird
PDF reader: Atril
Browser: Firefox v. 104.0
None are snaps.
For years I've been getting a .pdf copy of a newspaper via links emailed to ...
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Firefox: open downloaded files with system default application [duplicate]
When I download a file with firefox, it always asks me with what program I want to open it with, even when that type of file is recognized by the system, and I can double click on it in Nautilus and ...
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Scheduled download by transmission during nightly hours? (downloading just at a specified period of a day)
I want to limit transmission to work at 02:00 AM untill 08:00. How?
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Where can I get Adobe Acrobat 64?
Does anybody know where can I get Adobe Acrobat for 64 bit Ubuntu?
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How to execute a Bash script from Github?
Say this I have the following file my_cool_file.sh in a Git repository in Github (or BitBucket for that matter) named my_cool_repo. The file is a script used to install ConfigServer's well known CSF-...
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VLC : Error, Unable to save subtitles
I use Ubuntu 18.04 with VLC 3.0.7. Since some time ago, I am not able to automatically download subtitles through VLC. I have to use the Click here to open the file option in the error dialogue and ...
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Why would I use Wget instead of a browser? [closed]
In what case should I prefer to use Wget rather than a browser?
I heard that Richard Stallman uses it instead of a browser for some anonymity reasons. And what does the server see when you get its ...
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Problems installing postgresql-9.4: Unable to locate package
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04. I'm trying to download postgresql using this guide.
But when I run the command sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.4 in my terminal, I get this error message:
E: Unable to ...
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how to resume download in wget which is integrated with firefox via flashgot
I use wget as a downloader. It is an excellent, outstanding application. I integrated it with Firefox using Flashgot.
How can I resume a download which was stopped by a CTRL+C key press or a shutdown ...
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Can you recommend a good modern GUI download manager (wget wrapper?) [closed]
"Downloader for X" looks, heh, not fitting well into Ubuntu theme and not very natural/convenient. At the same time I don't know of any good alternative. Maybe you know?
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How to change wget default directory from 'Videos' to 'Downolads'?
I use the combination of Flashgot and wget for downloads. I reset my Firefox preferences due to some other problems. Then I reconfigured everything (including add-ons, cache, etc).
After that, when ...
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How to verify that the ISO I downloaded is bootable before I burn it?
How can I check that the ISO image I've downloaded is bootable, before I burn it?
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Error: Failed to build gem native extension when trying to download Rubocop
when I try "sudo gem install rubocop", I get...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing rubocop:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
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Where to find the checksums of Ubuntu ISO images? [duplicate]
I just downloaded the ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso, and am having a hard time burning it, so I'd like to check that the file is intact, but I cannot find the md5sum of the file.
Is there a URL or ...
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How do I download with youtube-dl to get video title as filename?
How the current file has been downloaded to display the original title?
When i download always like P9pzm5b6Fxx.mp4, when the title is Tigerking.
How do I set it so that it is downloaded as tigerking....
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How to download a whole FTP site using command line?
I need to download an FTP site (a web site source code actually) containing a very high quantity of relatively small files (downloading it with FileZilla took more than a day, but I believe it could ...
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Can I still get Ubuntu after my first download attempt fails?
I paid $15.00 US and the download failed at approximately 300 megabytes, what do I do now?
I don't know what else I can contribute here -- it failed.
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How can I download a YouTube playlist?
How can I download a YouTube playlist on Ubuntu?
I tried youtube-dl but it's long to change quality, edit crashed file and pause list.
I tried also JDownloader but it takes too much Memory, CPU and ...
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Which usenet client would you recommend for binary downloads?
I am trying to replace Windows by Ubuntu, because Linux simply rocks. :-) So I am on the quest finding appropriate alternative software for ubuntu, that I used on Windows (or sometimes Mac) so far.
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How do I download iTunes podcasts with hpodder or other software?
Well, I want to download some lectures from Itunes.apple.com, and I've found a program called hpodder but I really haven't understood how to use it.
Does anyone here know how to ? Or does anyone know ...
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Getting URL of YouTube video with `youtube-dl` is slow, without downloading video
I want to get the URL using youtube-dl, and the "simulate" option -g that does not download the video.
So I gave the following command:
youtube-dl -g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JGSAmu4lg
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How do I generate a package download list?
I want to generate a package download list, which can be used to download those packages from another system. (I have a slow connection). I want to use those downloaded files to create a local ...
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Wget: download files to specific directory
I have been trying to get wget to download all files to a specific directory. I tried the -O option but I get
/home/user/xml/: Is a directory
This is what I have so far
wget -m --user=user --...
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Hotline Miami won't download in Steam
I click install, and the normal dialog show up informing me that Hotline Miami is downloading, but it never starts to download. It allows me to try running the game, and complains about a missing ...
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How can I resume a download started in Chromium?
I was in the middle of a large download in Chromium and the power supply to my computer failed (well I tripped over my power cord ...). I see the entry in chrome://downloads/ which says the download ...
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Web spider for Ubuntu
I'm looking for a web spider for Ubuntu like this one Webripper - Calluna Software. You can download a whole site like you can with
wget -r -m example.com
but the feature I'm looking for is you can ...
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Can Wubi use the ISO I already have?
The Windows Installer for Ubuntu desktop instructions say that an ISO image for Ubuntu is downloaded during the installation process.
But what if I already have an ISO image for Ubuntu. Can I make ...
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How can I download attachments from emails through terminal using getmail?
I know I can download emails using a client, but is there a way to download emails straight from the terminal? I'm trying to fetch some emails from my gmail to later do some analysis on certain emails....
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