If you are a previous/current Windows user you might hear about Free Download Manager as a free opensource alternative to IDM. Previously FDM was only available on windows but recently the Team behind it make it available for Linux users. With plenty of choices you may have as a penguin user, the features-rich FDM is a big addition to your apps arsenal. In this article, we will learn how to install it on a Linux system, specifically on Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu.
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Free Download Manager Features
FDM is packed with many features:
- Free & Opensource.
- Cross-platform: It is available on Linux, Android, Windows and Mac.
- Catchy interface.
- BitTorrent support: you can use it as your default torrent client too.
- Excellent support for media files: “Preview audio/video files before download is completed and convert file format after download.”
- Download acceleration & Resume broken downloads support.
- Snail mode: free bandwidth without stopping the downloads.
- Download scheduler.
- Simultaneous downloading from several mirrors.
- Zip files partial download & Several traffic usage modes option.
- Multi language support (30 languages).
Free Download Manager Installation
The FDM’s developers provide a pre-built package for Debian users which you can download from the official website. So let’s start our lesson for today with the first step:
- Download the deb file form FDM website.
- After downloading the file, open a terminal window and change the current directory to the Downloads directory using the following command line:
cd DownloadsChange “Downloads” with the name/path of your download directory.
- List the files in this directory by using one of the most frequently used commands and copy the package name:
ls
- After copying the package name, install FDM using dpkg:
sudo dpkg -i freedownloadmanager.deb
- I know you noticed something—”dependencies are missing.” But don’t worry, we’re going to fix that:
sudo apt -f install && sudo dpkg -i freedownloadmanager.deb💬 What is your favorite Download manager on Linux? And Why? Be persuasive.
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