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Suggestion: wget as default firefox/iceweasel downloader?

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Suggestion: wget as default firefox/iceweasel downloader?

#1 Post by nP »

If this is already implemented or not needed, please direct me to the appropriate manual, but I just had a lot of trouble trying to get Firefox's download manager to resume an interrupted download. As far as I could tell (based on repeated ls -l of the download directory), ``resume'' just makes it restart the download. So I was wondering whether it'd be possible to make firefox pass my downloads to wget, which I'm certain does resumptions correctly. It's also free software, so no copyright issues, stable, command-line, etc.
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#2 Post by perlhacker14 »

Here ( http://gwutama.de/2007/04/06/integratin ... share.html ) is a site that may be helpful.
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#3 Post by nP »

I don't have my linux box right now, so I'll report back again later if it actually works. Right now I just want to express my awe and slight incredulity at the timestamps on this thread: I posted 11:39, and perlhacker14, you apparently replied at 11:49, which makes for a turnaround of ten minutes. Debian has tech support like I can't even buy elsewhere.
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#4 Post by Hadret »

If you don't need RapidShare support, you could use this scripts instead:

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#! /bin/sh

DLDIR="/home/$user/downloads/"

xfce4-terminal -x wget -c --directory-prefix=$DLDIR $*
Just make sure you have done chmod +x to the script and you have changed your DLDIR location as well as name of terminal (xfce4-terminal in my case) you use (:

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#5 Post by mzilikazi »

Flashgot lets you choose any download manager you want including curl, wget, aria and others.
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#6 Post by nP »

Firefox + Flashgot + wget seems to work for straight downloads, but I haven't had any convenient internet outages to test to resume. Anyone know how to interrupt the connection safely (i.e., in a way that doesn't bother other programs)?

Also, how do I do this for w3m? I spend a considerable amount of time in text-mode.
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#7 Post by rickh »

Not exactly Iceweasel/wget related, but ...
I think gwget is the default download manager for Epiphany.
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#8 Post by mzilikazi »

nP wrote:Firefox + Flashgot + wget seems to work for straight downloads, but I haven't had any convenient internet outages to test to resume. Anyone know how to interrupt the connection safely (i.e., in a way that doesn't bother other programs)?

Also, how do I do this for w3m? I spend a considerable amount of time in text-mode.
I prefer aria or curl. wget requires the use of the -c switch to continue an interrupted download. Without it wget might leave your original file alone and start a new one. I've not actually tried wget in this way tho. Never wanted to download something w/ w3m before either now that I think about it.
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#9 Post by L_V »

In order to avoid extensions as much as possible, also found a script to use Kget as DL manager for Firefox.

http://www.polinux.upv.es/mozilla/mejoras.php?idioma=en
The script: http://www.polinux.upv.es/mozilla/impro ... lla-0.2.sh

This script simply modifies two js files, but needs some tweak beetween Firefox and Iceweasel.

I tried for iceweasel with no success.
If somebody is interested, he is welcome to check for feedback !

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#10 Post by pcalvert »

I usually just right-click on the link and copy it, then type "wget -c " in a terminal window, paste the link, and press [ENTER]. That works most of the time. Unfortunately, it won't work for web sites that insist on using redirection instead of giving you the direct link for the download. For those cases, I use Opera.

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#11 Post by nP »

I don't use KGet or KDE, so I would have to fiddle with that script
some. However, I don't mind extensions and Flashgot is working, so
that's too much effort. Thanks for the link, though.

Anyone got any ideas on w3m + wget? After all, they start with the same
letter. That must means something.
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#12 Post by 0asaly »

You can try "DownThemAll"-the first download manager/accelerator built inside Firefox!

Details:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201

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