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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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Failure to download extra data files, ttf

Sometimes I am receving this window with message: When i press "run this action now" It asks me to authenticate, but I cant.
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How are downloads scheduled from hughes net with ubuntu

I want to download files during Hughes Net bounus hours. Searched several different ways on the internet with no luck. Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
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Is the Format of cdimage.ubuntu.com Static?

Is the site layout of cdimage.ubuntu.com static? If I make a script to zsync an installation ISO every couple weeks will it be working a couple months/years from now? If there are minor changes, do ...
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Downloading multiple files that have their URLs stored in a file but with wildcards inside the file using wget

I have to download multiple log files from an internet page but only the files that have a specific name that I have on my file: In my file called "net" I have the following names but not the address ...
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How to save multiple image attachments from Gmail using specific name

I have an email (Gmail) with multiple image attachments that I would like to save to one of my folders. I know you can do "Download all attachments" using Gmail, but I would like to give my images a ...
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How to find the correct page for wget to download from?

I want to download all *.pdf files on a website recursively. What I could achieve so far is: Store the cookies needed for the login page with this question Download a specific file by copy and ...
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How do i set my Downloads dir in home as default for downloading file?

I accidentally moved my Downloads folder to some dir in usr. I moved it back to home but now all my files get downloaded in Documents and Downloads dir have root as owner have permission to create and ...
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Download ieee1394 for ubuntu 18.04 LTS

I'm search in internet where I can download the driver ieee1394 for a kernel version 5.0.0-32-generic, but I can't find it. Could somebody give me the url to download it? Thank you.
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Changing a filename before downloading / saving it

I am trying to figure out a way to change a filename before it is saved to my Downloads folder. However, I can't seem to find any way to do this. For example, before I save this file which I am ...
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utorrent download process

How can I download any file using utorrent server? I have already installed utorrent in my machine.
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Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv

I was trying to download from the YouTube youtube-dl -F 249 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXT1ElMEkW8" My version youtube-dl --version is 2019.11.28 I went through the link Requested formats are ...
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Download page for Ubuntu leads to unsecure http link

I needed to redownload ubuntu and the official site https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop leads to an unsecure http link http://ftp.antik.sk/ubuntu-releases/19.10/ubuntu-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso Is that ...
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Where does UTUBE (YouTube downloader) save files?

I have just installed UTube downloader on my Ubuntu system. It works great, except I can't locate the downloaded files after I close UTube.
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Ubuntu 19.10 download. Is there a problem? [duplicate]

I run 18.04 on my boat computer and wanted to try 19.10 on my desktop, but three download attempts have all failed after downloading 2.0 GB out of 2.3 GB. Is this a problem with the download or with ...
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I can not install Kompozer on ubuntu 19.04

I use Ubuntu 19.04 and I want to get Kompozer. I Searched for a long time, but all download - links are death or do not work. Can someone send me a download link, wich I can download and install ...
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Where does Winetricks download its MS dll files, fonts, etc. from?

Not the best at understanding code, and I did try digging through the Winetricks Repository already, but my question is where and how does winetricks get the Microsoft files from? Are they downloaded ...
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Download emails from office365 in 'company mode' via CLI

This is my first post on this site, so bare with me if the question is unclear or maybe allready answered (I've looke for several days, but no luck) Situation: I need to download an entire mailbox ...
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Download a list of files with wget using wildcards

I have a list of files like: test.com/image01.png test.com/image02.png test.com/image03.png ... test.com/image50.png and want to download them all. One way is to write all names in a file and then: ...
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VLC : Error, Unable to save subtitles

I use Ubuntu 18.04 with VLC 3.0.7. Since some time ago, I am not able to automatically download subtitles through VLC. I have to use the Click here to open the file option in the error dialogue and ...
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Where can I download Iso file of ubuntu [duplicate]

I want to get a iso file, i just want to get the iso file but it keeps downloading this folder, I just want the iso file not entire folder with 2 gb of content
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Unable to download pdf file using wget

The website contains a button which I have to click to get the pdf to open. What I want to do is to use "wget" and the link of that website to download the pdf without me clicking on the button, and ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 download to use Turtlebot3

I am extremely new to Linux and Ubuntu and programming as a whole. As part of my research, I will be using the Turtlebot3 so I am working my way through the turtlebot E-Manual. I have already ...
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Verifying that this old ubuntu (16.04.6) ISO is official

I just downloaded a .torrent file from ubuntu.com, however there's no way to download that file from https. So I'm looking for a way to confirm that my ubuntu ISO is official. Its sha256sum is below: ...
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Where can I find download images from WhatsApp web on Ubuntu?

In WhatsApp web, I logged into my account & I downloaded a few images from WhatsApp. But can't find the files in my download directory. Is there any way to find those images?
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Emsisoft Emergency Kit does not download updates in Wine

i recently installed Emsisofts Free Emergency Kit on a laptop, to make sure no Windows virusses will get anywhere. just to make sure. I followed the same path i did with previous installments of ...
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What's the command to monitor live streaming youtube page from youtube-dl?

Okay so there is this youtube channel that was about live stream a religious lecture that I wanted to watch but I couldn't because I was out. I want to know if there is any youtube-dl command that ...
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Downloading Files from Digital Ocean Droplet using Linux Terminal- SSH access

I have a digital ocean droplet. I am able to connect to it using SSH and see the file list in the terminal. There is a folder in the droplet which I would like to download to my PC. How can I do that ...
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Google drive File Downloads

After Downloading a file, it automatically gets converted to html format and on accessing it I can see Google sign in page only
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Uncompleted downloads: .part file present

I'm facing a problem with downloading zipped files from the Internet: the problem is that when I download the file, in the directory "downloads" there are 2 files instead of one. First one is '' ....
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How to view list of downloaded programs on ubuntu? [duplicate]

Is there any way to see a list of downloaded programs like in the Windows 7 control panel? The downloads section of My Files doesn't appear to hold anything even though I successfully downloaded ...
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Which ubuntu should I download for my asus x542u? [duplicate]

I am new in Linux. I do not have much knowledge about Linux. So I would like to learn Linux. I have chosen Linux Ubuntu as I have been heard it is good for learning Linux. But now I can not understand ...
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Any file download in Chrome keeps popping up Open xdg-open?

Recently I have installed Ubuntu 19.04 and all common required applications. However, in Chrome when I try to download a file (of any file extension), Chrome keeps popping up a message with text Open ...
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curl unexpected end of file when downloading gzip

I used command The URL the data is located at. URL=http://data.biostarhandbook.com/rnaseq/projects/griffith/griffith-data.tar.gz Downloading and unpack the data. curl -s $URL | tar zxv I got ...
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question regarding package update process

I´ve got a question concerning updates with a Linux system. My system is Lubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, 64 bit. I wanted to update my system recently. Among others there was a kernel update available (4.15.0-...
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E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run dpkg, configure a' to correct the problem [duplicate]

I am getting the error below while downloading the apps from ubuntu software center. E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run dpkg, configure a' to correct the problem. How can I resolve it?
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Getting strange errors while downloading mysql

I'm trying to install mysql to my new laptop and I'm getting these funny errors. Renaming removed key_buffer and myisam-recover options (if present) Cannot stat file /proc/2801/fd/1023: Permission ...
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Chrome download messages not visible

On my Ubuntu 18.10 laptop, whenever I download a file in Chrome I cannot read the warnings or button at the bottom of the screen. Like this: Anyone know what is wrong here?
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Check download progress of 'wget' after starting it in background mode

I had to download multiple files using wget over a SSH Server, so I pasted the links in a file named 'link'. I used this command to download the files in background even after disconnecting from the ...
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"sudo apt upgrade" for 2 ubuntu distributions at once

I run 2 ubuntu distributions (both vanilla) with dual boot on a single machine, since I use one for regular purposes and one specifically for building. There are many common apps that run in both ...
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Installing Ubuntu Server 18.04 [duplicate]

I downloaded Ubuntu 18.04 and a bunch of folders are seen. What do I click on to install it after I download it?
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Downloading Ubuntu desktop 32-bit version [duplicate]

Como faço para baixar o ubuntu desktop 32 bits? Não estou conseguindo, se puderem mandar o link de download ou explicar como baixar agradeço! Translation How do I download the ubuntu 32-bit ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 freezes / hangs / lags when writing / downloading large files to disk

Whether it's using Deluge to download torrents, or downloading files from a browser, or cp / mving files, on main Ubuntu 16.04 SSD, when this happens the system tends to lag / freeze / hang for either ...
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downloaded a file unzipped it and its a .15 file

i downloaded a file it was a .xz file so i unzipped it and the file name was Debian_for_stora3.18 it was not a folder it needs to be is there a way to convert it into a folder
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Failed Ubuntu package download

I have a problem downloading packages with ubuntu server 18.04. I have had it working before. However, I have reinstalled the operating system and can no longer remember how I fixed it last time. I ...
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Error -" parsing filters is unsupported" while trying to unpack .rar file

I see that this exact same issue has been raised before Parsing filters unsupported but I followed what was suggested sudo apt-get install unrar and sudo apt-get install file-roller but still got ...
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32 bit-processor download [duplicate]

What download if any should I use on an old Dell dimension B110? I believe it is a 32 bit machine. The old XP software is corrupted and I would like to try a desktop version of Ubuntu or something ...
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I downloaded a file with uTorrent and now I can't find it

I installed uTorrent using the Ubuntu Software Center. I downloaded a huge file using uTorrent and now I can't find it. It says the file is in a path that doesn't exist in my computer, and I don't ...
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How can I get the path of the file being downloaded by aria2?

I want to write a bash function to both start downloading a file and open it in a video player; I don't know how to get the path of the file being downloaded though: function dl-and-stream() { ...
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Add multiple trackers at once with Transmission Remote

I recently bought a QNap I use as download station, so I switched from downloading files with uTorrent on my PC to downloading them with Transmission on the QNap. I use Transmission Remote to ...
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How to install an old version of google chrome

I have the latest version of google chrome. I need to test an issue in an older version. How to install the old version? and this also requires disabling the auto-updates.
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