Downloading a file is taking a file stored on a remote machine or attached device and transferring it to your computer to be stored.
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How do I download a YouTube video?
For a school project I need to download three youtube videos and save them to a CD. I am running Ubuntu 10.10; can anybody provide instructions on how to do this? I'm fairly new to Ubuntu so the more ...
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How can I check the integrity of a downloaded Ubuntu CD?
I've just downloaded a CD image of Ubuntu. I know the installer has a check CD option, but how can I check that the image is good before burning it to CD?
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Where to find the md5sums of Ubuntu ISO images?
I just downloaded the ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso, and am having a hard time burning it, so I'd like to check that the file is intact, but I cannot find the md5sum of the file.
Is there a URL or ...
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How to verify that the ISO I downloaded is bootable before I burn it?
How can I check to make sure that the iso I downloaded is bootable, before I burn it?
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Where can I download Ubuntu?
Ubuntu 12.04 has been released. I still can't find it on ubuntu.com. Where is it meant to be downloaded, or is the only way to install it use update-manager to upgrade an existing installation?
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How can you monitor internet download usage?
Some broadband providers impose a monthly download limit, charging extra if you go over. It is also quite easy to exceed some of the lower limits just by installing/updating packages and 'normal' ...
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Good Download Manager for Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can someone recommend a download manager?
Can you recommand any download manager for Ubuntu?
Features I'm looking for:
Works in Unity env.
Can download from ...
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Why does Update Manager give me a 404 error with these Google repositories?
I have a red warning sign in my toolbar. When I click on it, it asks me to check for updates. When I check for updates, I get this:
W:Failed to fetch ...
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How do I download and install Handbrake?
I'm new at Ubuntu so I don't know very well how to use the terminal in order to download and install programs that aren't in the software center. I've tried without success downloading and installing ...
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Download accelerators for Ubuntu
What are the Download accelerators available for Ubuntu?
I like prozilla, but couldn't find a way to install it using apt or software center.
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Download manager for Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can someone recommend a download manager?
Is there any good download manager for Ubuntu which supports the following?
Download online streaming video/audio
scheduling
...
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1answer
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How to get Ubuntu installed after deleting Windows and with no other OS present?
I spent the night trying to get rid of my Windows XP operating system and around midnight I discovered a way to get rid of it. The problem is while I did get rid of the operating system, I hadn't yet ...
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Wubi “could not retrieve the required disk image”
I tried to download Ubuntu 12.04 through Windows Installer (Wubi), but I get this error message:
An error occurred: Could not retrieve the required disk image For more information, please see the ...
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Is there some application to download files from popular file hosting websites?
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 ...
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Can Wubi use the ISO I already have?
The Windows Installer for Ubuntu desktop instructions say that an ISO image for Ubuntu is downloaded during the installation process.
But what if I already have an ISO image for Ubuntu. Can I make ...
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2answers
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How do i configure the live usb to install additional packages?
I have saved all the packages from the directory /var/cat/apt/archives to Usb.
Is it possible to configure the live Usb to accommodate all these extra packages /var/cache/apt/archives; so that it ...
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Can you recommend a good modern GUI download manager (wget wrapper?)
"Downloader for X" looks, heh, not fitting well into Ubuntu theme and not very natural/convenient. At the same time I don't know of any good alternative. Maybe you know?
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How to download an MP3 track from a YouTube video [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to download a youtube video via terminal
There are several Q&A threads that explain how to download youtube videos using the terminal.
However, I would also ...
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Software Center not downloading [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix 'Check your Internet connection' error in software center?
I just made a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10.
I have a working internet connection, and can ...
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Where can I get Adobe Acrobat 64?
Does anybody know where can I get Adobe Acrobat for 64 bit Ubuntu?
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How do I download iTunes podcasts with hpodder or other software?
Well, I want to download some lectures from Itunes.apple.com, and I've found a program called hpodder but I really haven't understood how to use it.
Does anyone here know how to ? Or does anyone know ...
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How can I download the videos from YouTube? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I download Youtube videos?
Downloading a youtube video
I want to download some educational videos from YouTube or any other web site. I am using Ubuntu 12.04. ...
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Which usenet client would you recommend for binary downloads?
I am trying to replace Windows by Ubuntu, because Linux simply rocks. :-) So I am on the quest finding appropriate alternative software for ubuntu, that I used on Windows (or sometimes Mac) so far.
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What version do I download for my Mac?
I am trying to get it on my mac, so do I download the windows version onto a USB and then upload it from there because I can't find a mac version.
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Alternative to downloading files through Firefox [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Download accelerators for Ubuntu
I am completely new to Linux and have installed Ubuntu 11.10. The built-in download manager for Firefox is terrible. When I used windows ...
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How to download a youtube video via terminal [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I download the videos from YouTube?
I would like to download this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_N5dvvqV7g using commands
How i download this video via ...
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Is there a faster way to download Ubuntu?
I want to download Ubuntu 12.04, but it seems to take a long time, i.e. 1 day via Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox.
Can you suggest an alternative way to download it faster (e.g. 2 hours)??
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How to download packages without using the software center?
Where can I manually download stuff from (in a user friendly way) without using the Ubuntu software center?
And if that's not possible, how can I fix the proxy restrictions of the software center. It ...
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How to pause a running aria download
When downloading big files it necessary to pause the download many times. A big file can be downloaded by using wget. First start download, then kill wget, then resume download by wget -c.
I want to ...
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Can't install Skype In Ubuntu 64 bit [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unable to install Skype on 12.10 64bit
I can't download skype, is skype currently not available for ubuntu linux 64bit 12.10?
1.dowload skype in official website
...
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Downloading youtube videos with minitube
Minitube has been working great for a lot of the youtube links, but for videos that require confirmation that you're older than 18, they don't work. Is there something I can do about this?
Or if ...
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Am I missing the Windows installer? It keeps taking me to the same page and I keep running around in circles [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why can't I download the Windows installer from the Ubuntu website?
Ok so going here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/install-ubuntu-with-windows takes you to ...
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Downloading error “Could not retrieve the required disk image ”
When I try to download Ubuntu 12.04 using the Windows installer (Wubi) through a proxy server which requires proxy authentication, after I choose the Ubuntu installation size, username and password, ...
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Update Manager Not working Fail to Download Repository Information
When I try to update, I get this error:
Failed to Download your repository information
Check your internet connection
W:GPG error: http ://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release: The following
...
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How to download streaming video from a flash player (arte)?
there are a couple of concerts that I would very much like to view from Arte (I think it's a french TV channel?) but my connection is not good enough to stream the video. How can I download the file ...
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how to resume download in wget which is integrated with firefox via flashgot
I use wget as a downloader. It is an excellent, outstanding application. I integrated it with Firefox using Flashgot.
How can I resume a download which was stopped by a CTRL+C key press or a shutdown ...
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Can't update to Ubuntu 12.04 on 11.10
I'm having problems on updating Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04, I've tried to update all possible ways.
I'v downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 from cd...but when booting the upgrade option wont appear...just: Install ...
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How can I make Chromium open apt links with xdg-open?
Hello I installed this extension
because I want to open apt links clicked in Chromium with xdg-open.
I have looked at this help but haven't been successful. How can I acheive this?
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How do I generate a package download list?
I want to generate a package download list, which can be used to download those packages from another system. (I have a slow connection). I want to use those downloaded files to create a local ...
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1answer
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download upgrade interrupted
downloading most recent upgrade was interrupted when my computer froze. I force quit and now it will not load for me. Message reads:
dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg ...
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Are there any sort of format and style themes/templates in LibreOffice?
I am wondering if there's any kind of predefined or downloadable themes or templates for text formatting styles (Default, Heading 1/2/etc), predefined colors (palettes), bullet styles, etc., in ...
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Is it possible to download updates of Ubuntu 12.10 manually somewhere else and then install later?
I actually want to use my mobile to download updates as my internet is not so fast and I have to keep my computer running for a long time to install them. I want to download them in my mobile and then ...
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2answers
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Update Manager Refuses to Update [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
It seems I've run into a small issue after installing Ubuntu 11.10.
After the installation of the upgrade, everything worked fine ...
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2answers
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Is there any program or add-ons to download FLV from website? [duplicate]
I just need some sort of programs that can download flv from website like youtube and other.
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Wubi cannot retrieve the required disk image file [duplicate]
I have already downloaded the ubuntu-12.04-wubi-amd64.tar.xz file...i have no internet connection. When I run wubi, I'm getting this message: could not retrieve the required disk image file.
i used ...
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Could not download content from storage [closed]
I reinstalled Ubuntu on my laptop from scratch to the latest version raring rail 13.04. But now Ubuntu One does not sync all the files in the cloud to my local machine. It says they are all in synch ...
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How to install with Wubi when it says “Could not retrieve the required disk image files”?
I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 with the Wubi installer while running Windows, because my PC does not accept my BootCD as a bootable medium.
But Wubi showed me this error:
...
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2answers
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How do I download Ubuntu using BitTorrent on Windows?
I am trying to download and install Ubuntu. I was told that downloading a torrent was a good option, as it can deal with interrupted downloads very well.
Where should I go to download an Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu image download either downloaded or opened Roxio instead. Why?
I'm a Windows user but am interested in trying Ubuntu.
I've found the official download site and have tried to download Ubuntu 12.04.
I believed I was downloading Ubuntu 12.04 but I seem to have ...
