up vote 5 down vote favorite
3
share [g+] share [fb]

I was wondering if there are some applications for downloading files from some popular hosting websites, automating the procedure of waiting and fetching links and downloading files, once we give the applications the links?

Examples of such websites are

  • Rapidshare,
  • Uploading,
  • Megaupload,
  • Filesonic,
  • Fileserver,
  • Hotfiles,
  • Depositefiles,
  • iFile.

But the applications are not necessarily applicable to all of them.

Thanks and regards!

ADDED:

I just tried slimrat. It failed to download files from rapidshare. Can it be because the website of rapidshare has changed recently and the parsing functionality for their website by slimrat is not up-to-date yet.

link|improve this question
66% accept rate
feedback

5 Answers

up vote 4 down vote accepted

JDonwloader does exactly that - with some capthca skipping (that doesnt work on all sites)

link|improve this answer
Thanks! Is it in some repository that can be downloaded from synaptic application manager? – Tim Mar 19 '11 at 21:47
No, last time i downloaded from the website – Strae Mar 19 '11 at 22:21
@Tim There is a ppa for jdownloader: - sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader - sudo apt-get update - sudo apt-get install jdownloader – Pablo Mar 28 '11 at 9:40
@Pablo: thanks, i didnt know it ;) – Strae Mar 28 '11 at 9:42
feedback
up vote 3 down vote

Firefox has an add-on for that purpose, called Skipscreen.

Description from AMO:

Skips unnecessary pages on sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload, zShare, Mediafire, and more. Try it out, or watch a demo at http://www.skipscreen.com

Why click through ad-laden pages and wait for countdowns when your computer can do it for you

link|improve this answer
feedback
up vote 2 down vote

My favorite is plowshare -- see here for installation instructions.

It's a command-line tool, very fast and efficient (as opposed to JDownloader, which was always extremely slow for me, probably because it uses the Java VM).

link|improve this answer
feedback
up vote 2 down vote

Tucan is very easy to use for this.

link|improve this answer
feedback
up vote 1 down vote

Fatrat (Click To Install)

FatRat is an open source download manager for Linux written in C++ and built on top of the Trolltech Qt 4 library. It is rich in features and is continuously extended.

It supports torrents as well.

enter image description here

link|improve this answer
feedback

Your Answer

 
or
required, but never shown
discard

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.