Download manager

[Jorge Martínez]

I had troubles using KGet and wrote to this forum but got no reply.

Please recommend me another down load manager suitable for use with Knoppix.

Thank you and regards.

[Markus]

I usually just use wget. http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html#Examples
It's a cli app but gets the job done.

[Jorge Martínez]

Thank you, Markus.

I use Knoppix from a CD. Will I have to intall wget on the HD or do I call it from a file when needed?

I don't happen to know what a "cli app" is.

Regards.

[Markus]

CLI means Command Line Interface, and you use it from a console, or konsole as kde calls it. App is short for application. Wget is on the cd, all you need to do is change to a directory that is mounted writable and type without quotes "wget http://some_url or ftp://.....something". If the file is small enough to fit on the ramdisk you can also download it there. Look at the examples in the link I posted, they explain the usage better than I could.
There are GUI apps as well of course (GUI = Graphical User Interface). I just don't much use them. This is the first link google got me when searching for: linux "download manager"
http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/Internet/Networking/Download-Tools/1700/

[Jorge Martínez]

Of course. I have used cli apps in the past at the times of DOS, but perhaps GUI apps are more comfortable to use.

Anyhow I'll try it out and let you know.

Thanks again.

¡Buena suerte!

[Jorge Martínez]

Dear Markus,

I seem to be doing OK but I fail to find the way to tell wget where to save the downloads.

You say:


all you need to do is change to a directory that is mounted writable

Presumable this I ought to do from the konsole, and I write after the knoppix prompt, say:
/mnt/uba1
It replies:
bash: /mnt/uba1: is a directory

So the method used in DOS to place yourself in a directory fails here.

I have reviewed the manual you recommended but can't find how to tell wget where to save.

Regards
JM

[Markus]

Use cd to change directory. Namely cd /mnt/uba1
It needs to be mounted writable first of course, for this you can use the desktop icon.
If it's mounted read only (check by typing mount) you can change to readwrite with sudo mount -o remount,rw /dev/uba1 /mnt/uba1

May I suggest some reading:
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~squadron/linuxmanual.pdf (don't know why it's called one page manual since it's two pages unless you print double sided ;))
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/

[Jorge Martínez]

Thank you for your help. I'm learning not only wget but linux in general as well.

It doesn't seem to work either. I get:


knoppix@0[knoppix]$ cd/mnt/uba1
bash: cd/mnt/uba1: No such file or directory
knoppix@0[knoppix]$


Of course it was mounted and writable. It is a pen drive.

I still have to study the one page manual. I'll print it to have it handy. A good resource, indeed.

[kirol]

$ cd/mnt/uba1
There should be whitespace between cd and the path...

[Jorge Martínez]

Now it works!!!!!

Thank you for your patience, Markus! :D

[Jorge Martínez]

Sorry, I should have thanked kirol. I was excited with the results.

So now, thank you, kirol. :D :D

[Jorge Martínez]

I did it in my very first try!!!
It's fantastic.

With just a single sentence in the command line, namely


wget --convert-links -r http://argentina.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/tangos/todas.html -o Tang
I downloaded some 14 000 files: 12 000 tango lyrics and 2000 cooking recipes.

I'm ready now to download book collections, my aim at this endeavour.

Thank you for your help and crystal clear explanations.

However (there's always a "however", isn't it?), I find it uncomfortable that the process develops by itself and I'm blind about what's going on. I don't get any progress report, no percent advance bar, no idea how long it will take to finish. I have to go by roundabout ways such as exploring the destiny directory and see the files being added, just to know it's working.

Perhaps with a deeper study of the wget manual (that I ought to do anyhow), I might find a solution to this. But probably somebody who reads this might give me a hand and suggest me what to do.

By the way, it is refreshng to return to the CLI after so many years. I used it in DOS before the Windows era.

[Jorge Martínez]

With a little further look at the wget commands, I found out:

--progress=bar

That does the trick and keeps me informed of the advance of the job.

Thanks again for your help.