JDownloader - Simple, Useful Download Manager, Install in Ubuntu Maverick, Lucid via PPA

JDownloader is a simple cross platform download manager which probably is also one among the most popular download manager for Linux platform. JDownloader is Open Source and written entirely in Java.

JDownloader
JDownloader Download Manager for Ubuntu/Linux
  • JDownloader simplifies downloading files from One-Click-Hosters like Rapidshare.com or Megaupload.com for both paid and non-paid users.
  • Offer features like downloading in multiple paralell streams, captcha recognition, automatical file extraction etc.
  • Additionally, JDownloader can import CCF, RSDF and the new DLC files.
Install JDownloader in Ubuntu Maverick, Lucid via PPA
  • To install JDownloader in Ubuntu via PPA, simply do the following in Terminal.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jdownloader
  • Done. Now goto Applications - Internet - JDownloader. Then there will be a time consuming update process and afterwards you are ready to go.
JDownloader ubuntu

JDownloader ubuntu

Choose the default download location and language. Thats pretty much it. Meanwhile, you might want to speed up your apt-get download speeds using apt-fast.