How To Install JDownloader in Ubuntu & other Ubuntu derivatives

How To Install JDownloader in Ubuntu & other Ubuntu derivatives

JDownloader is free download manager written in Java and it's cross-platform. Its developer community is very huge and trying to make it as easy and fast as possible. It allows user to start, stop or pause downloads, set bandwith limitations, auto-extract archives and much more. It offers to create a list of files and download them all at the same time. It's an easy-to-extend framework that can save hours of valuable time every day!

JDownloader allows quick, efficient and the automatic downloading of files and split files from one-click hosting sites such as RapidShare etc.. JDownloader supports the use of premium accounts with captcha. Certain parts of JDownloader are open source, but other parts are closed-source. It has Flashgot and HJSplit integration.

Steps to install:

First of all Install OpenJDK in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives with this command:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
Downlaod FlashGot plugin for firefox

Then Install JDownloader with this command:

wget -O jd_unix_0_9.sh http://installer.jdownloader.org/jd_unix_0_9.sh
chmod +x jd_unix_0_9.sh && ./jd_unix_0_9.sh

For older Ubuntu versions (13.10/13.04/12.10/12.04/):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jdownloader-installer