If you have problems with a download that is hanging or being interrupted, you can download the OpenSUSE iso file (or any other file) from the terminal using the built-in wget
program. Select a mirror that is both close to you and also seems unlikely to be too slow or interrupted.
Here is how to ensure that you will have a successfully completed download. Open the terminal. Change directories using the cd
command to a directory where you can easily find the OpenSUSE iso file after you have downloaded it. For example to change directories to your desktop use the command: cd ~/Desktop/
. Next run the following command:
wget -c 'download-link-of-OpenSUSE-iso-file'
where you replace download-link-of-OpenSUSE-iso-file
with the link of the OpenSUSE iso file that you want to download. The -c
flag in wget -c
will enable the download to continue from the same place it was stopped if it is paused or interrupted. Unless you stop the download manually, it will resume the download automatically from the same place in the file where the download was interrupted. You can even pause the download and continue the download from a different mirror from the same place it was stopped, in case the first mirror that you selected is downloading the file too slowly. For example, if you intend to download the openSUSE-13.2-DVD-x86_64.iso file here is that file's worldwide Mirror List, and you can be sure that some of the mirrors on the list are much faster than others.