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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Initial download (pre installation) happening at dial-up speed. Only 2+ hours to go!
I am new to ubuntu and attempting to download it to my desktop (wired) PC so I can create a CD so I can install it on my laptop PC (which is basically nonfunctional). Although I have a fast Internet ...
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How can I resume a download with wget?
I use wget with Flashgot in Firefox to download. I can't resume download if i pause(by ctrl+c). Because, i don't know the commandline arguments of wget to manually add it in a terminal.
So i did ...
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I chose to download the 32-bit version, but it downloads the 64-bit version instead. Why?
I had it installed and running last night, but I could tell it wasn't 32-bit cause when installing the Adobe Flash player, it said I had a 64-bit OS. I uninstalled it, then downloaded it again, then ...
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How can I get the the Windows installer (Wubi) for Ubuntu 11.04?
I'm looking for the link to have access to Windows installer for Ubuntu 11.10. My computer has trouble running Ubuntu 12.04 so I want to install an older version.
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Ubuntu keeps asking me for an authentication code when I download anything
Im currently trying to download Dropbox, but it's asking for a "Password" that was not given to me as the download shouldn't require an authentication code, i've been running into this problem alot ...
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Opera won't download into Ubuntu 11.10
I tried to download the Opera web browser into Ubuntu 11.10 from www.opera.com. I followed the procedure, pressing the download button for Opera for Linux. If I "Save to disk", and then try to open ...
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Unable to load Firefox Addons website on Firefox!
This is strange but since I have updated to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from 11.10, some websites simply refuse to open in Firefox browser. I have not been able to install any addon since the site itself does ...
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Why can't I open anything I download from the internet?
Every time I try to download a program, it goes straight to archive manager. I don’t know what to use in order to open anything I download. What should I do?
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stuck with dpkg
I am using ubuntu 13.04.I was installing a program and it had to download a file from the internet.It was a huge one.I waited for 30 minutes but nothing turned up.so I thought to let go and I closed ...
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I can't get Ubuntu to download
I haven't used Ubuntu for a few years so I thought I'd give it a try once more. I donated and then tried to download only to have it keep trying to connect - never allowing me to actually get the ...
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Download/Save Persona files
I love the new features of LibreOffice 4, especially the ability to have a persona installed on it. My favorite is this one.
Anyways, I have a midline internet connection and I was wondering if ...
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How to download entire folder
Is it possible to download entire folder with all files in it the easy way from someone else's ubuntu one account (if that folder is shared for me)?
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slow server download
I'm trying to download the latest LTS server. The first time I tried it estimated about 30 minutes which I felt was too long, so I canceled the d/l and restarted. It went up to about 45 minutes. ...
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Download 12.10 gives 12.04.01 LTS
I'm a Newbie just experimenting. When I download 12.10 by clicking on the GET Ubuntu 12.10 button I actually get 12.04.1 LTS.
Installed it works fine on a ancient Dell Inspirion 8000 that I had ...
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Can I download internet streaming songs from Clementine
I use Clementine on 12.04 as an audio player. When i am typing something on the search bar, it searches my local music library as well as Internet. Some times it shows songs which is not in my music ...
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getting build dependencies and source by default
Is there an application by which the build dependency as well as the source code of the software gets downloaded automatically as soon as we install the software from a .deb package or the software ...
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Download to USB stick
I downloaded 12.10 and I'm trying to put it on a USB stick, but when I got it downloaded, it opened a disc burner. I don't have any blank discs and the download is nowhere to be found.
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Ubuntu 12.10 torrent trackers down for you?
are the Ubuntu 12.10 torrent trackers down for you?
http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/announce
http://ipv6.torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/announce
Their status for me is: Not Working
I am using qbittorrent ...
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Ubuntu Software Center (12.04) Error
Almost every time I try to download from Ubuntu Software Center it claims that files are all 380.5mb on the first attempt to download. Even when downloading programs like Chromium which is really 24.1 ...
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Empty Minecraft Folder
Downloaded the Minecraft jar and it executes fine. When I start the game it freezes at [Done Loading] screen, and nothing is downloaded into the .minecraft folder. How do I fix this?
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Connected to the Internet but can't download softwares
I am using wifi connection. I am using my Internet smoothly on Ubuntu. Downloading directly from server and everything goes on smoothly, but when I open terminal window to download VLC (other ...
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Download problem of ubuntu desktop
I was downloading ubuntu desktop and the downloader got stuck on amd64.tar.xz file . I closed the installation and the restarted it , it uninstalled the previous one but then again the downloader is ...
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Where can I find webmin for Ubuntu 10?
I would like to install webmin, but it is neither available from Synaptic, nor from apt-get.
Why can't I find it in synaptic or apt-get? How can I get it and install?
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dpkg stuck downloading font files
I have been reinstalling Ubuntu 12.04. The install from USB works fine, and I could update everything OK, but when I got to re-installing my application software I hit a snag.
One of the packages I ...
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Archive error with every download
Ubuntu wont let me download anything at all,not from Ubuntu or the Internet.
Every time I try it keeps popping up this:
Archive: /home/dave/Downloads/iTunes64Setup.exe
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Google Music Manager stops downloading after a while
I kept my music library, about 9000 songs, safe on Google Play Music while I was without a personal computer. Now I've got a laptop running 12.10. I've installed Google Music Manager beta and want ...
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Zsync download problem
When the zsync downloading a file, sometimes the connection may stuck forever and don't continue for it. Although I can cancel it out, and restart the terminal to continue my downloading task. But ...
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Resume Uget download started in windows in ubuntu
I have installed Uget both on Win 8 and Ubuntu. I started a download with win8 and paused it halfway. Is there a way to resume the same download in Ubuntu? I have access to the physical file in my ...
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Failed to download packages from software center
I tried to install many softwares from software center like VLC, Quickly etc but failed to download and install them on my Ubuntu. It gave this error. Failed to download package.
Please help me.
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Places to download Ubuntu for Chrome OS via command line?
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my Chromebox. I have found several tutorials online and I have gotten to the middle of the process but I always run into a snag. I have been typing in the address as ...
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Trouble with booting from DVD on a Mac
So I just downloaded the latest edition of Ubuntu 32 bit onto a blank DVD. I went through the whole disk terminal and set it up the way the website showed. However when I inserted the disk it said it ...
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How to download specific images from a site index with wget?
Let's suppose that I have access to a site index and in a specific directory of this index I have a lot of images, but some of those images were resized (the original still there). The resized images ...
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Can't download QT5 from Launchpad PPA with the following error
XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
Location: https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~ui-toolkit/+archive/ppa
Line Number 14, Column 9:
<dd><p> Ubuntu SDK preview for Ubuntu application ...
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Wireless acting strange lately
Lately my home wireless network has been acting very strange under Ubuntu 12.04. When I'm on the wireless menu at the top of the screen and I try to connect to my wireless it will give me a total of ...
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How to Install OpenNI for Kinect
I have spent a long time trying to install different versions and different drivers to run my Kinect with OpenNI on Ubuntu and every time it either doesn't compile correctly or it just can't find the ...
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update manager does not download updates in background
Although I configured the update manager appropriately downloading in the background doesn't take place.
Instead the shown amount of data/files which has to be downloaded increase constantly.
Every ...
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Minecraft not downloading
I've looked through a ton of pages about this and haven't found any information on the problem i'm experiencing. For information I'm using ubuntu 12.04 32bit desktop edition, fresh install.
I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 download stops
While downloading a larger file, Ubuntu 12.04 will stop after few minutes. If I pause then resume it will continue to download again. I have to keep pausing then resuming again to get the full ...
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Disable downloaded files in dash
How can I disable the downloaded files section from the Unity Dash? I have already excluded the downloads folder in my privacy settings but that doesn't help.
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How to increase browsing speed on pressing a keyboard shortcut
I have a download manager (wget) and a browser (friefox) running at the same. Some times the network bandwidth becomes bad, and browsing becomes hell. At that time, when the page loading, I pause ...
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I can't access pages on my web server
I'm having a little issue with running a web server on 12.10. I installed xampp which went smoothly and then I installed wordpress which was also without problem. Now when I go to the site on my local ...
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Some trouble with installing pip into 13.04.
Just trying install pip like guide says:
pip install SomePackage==1.0
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Successfully installed SomePackage
But allways got this message:
Downloading/unpacking SomePackage==1.0
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Ubuntu freeze during every download
Since one week my Ubuntu 12.04 freeze during every download, the mouse pointer become very slow and it's hard to open or close a window, and I just have to cancel my download and after that all works ...
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Downloading and installation is taking very long time
Despite having a good internet connection, my Ubuntu installation is stuck after downloading 400MB of data. It is taking a very long time.
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How to make ubuntu 12.04 shutdown automatically when the battery is below a critical level, provided there are no downloads in progress?
Its all in the question itself: How to make ubuntu 12.04 shutdown automatically when the battery is below a certain level, given that no downloads in torrents or somewhere else are in progress. thank ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 download problems
Well i was trying to download Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit, and i use Internet Download Manager on Windows 7 x64
The download is having some serious trouble with the server
Randomly its popping up messages ...
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application with multiple package installing capability?
Is there any package manager or plugin, which allows more than one package to be downloaded simultaneously (not sequentially?
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How/where does a live cd save files/downloads?
Forgive me if this question is very basic.
I was reading the ubuntu wiki and it says downloads made off of a live cd are lost after the machine is turned off because space is limited. I thought ...
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Can't update Nvidia driver and having error near the end of the installation
I had just got Ubuntu (first timer to Ubuntu so be very descriptive). I think there a problem with my Nvida update it won't let me update it. This is the name of the update in update manager NVIDIA ...
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Is there any linux alternative for “EMTP-RV”?
Is there any linux alternative for "EMTP-RV"?
- www.emtp.com
- www.emtp.org
If there is, from where can i download it?
