JDownloader – All in one download manager for Linux

I have been using Ubuntu for few years and was searching for a feature-rich download manager for years. Recently, I came across the best platform independent, all-in-one open source download manager named JDownloader which has attractive features, which substitutes the popular Internet Download (Manager for Windows) in most of it’s features.

Installing JDownloaded is pretty simple.

• Go to http://jdownloader.org/download/index
• click Linux and you can choose either of the two options
  • Direct bundle via popular servers
  • Using shell script

Please follow the steps for direct bundle.

Method 1 : Download the file; unzip it and you can start using it as shown in the screenshot below

Method 2: Download the script and make it executable by the following ways

1. Right click “jd.sh” -> Properties -> Permissions (tab) -> check “Allow executing file as program” -> Ok
2. double click on jd.sh -> Run in Terminal — will download all necessary files and you are done with installation.

For beginners, the former method is pretty simple.

NOTE : JDownloader requires Java Runtime Enviroment (jre/jdk) 1.5 or higher. If possible, you should use the latest Java version.

Please share your views on this downloader let me know if there are any other alternative downloaders which you use.