Multi-threaded downloads in Linux ?

[mips]

I never seem to get good download speeds in ubuntu. Using D4X or WGET simply does not give me the same performance as say GetRight in windows.

With getright i have 5 simultanious segmented downloads of the same files. it literally maes out my adsl connection (384kb/s) to the point that i even battle to just browse the net.

In ubuntu it does not really get better than say 200kb/s.

If I download ISO's i use windows as i find linux to slow.

How can i improve this ???

[croak77]

aria2

http://aria2.sourceforge.net/



aria2 has segmented downloading engine in its core. It can download one file from multiple URLs or multiple connections from one URL. This results in very high speed downloading, very much faster than ordinary browsers.
As of 0.3.0 release, It can also download BitTorrent files.
We implemented this engine in single-thread model. The architecture is very clean and easy to extend.

Unlike Aria, which has GTK+ interface, aria2 provides command-line interface only. But GUI-lessness brings lower resource requirement. The physical memory usage is typically 3MB(normal HTTP/FTP downloads) to 5MB(BitTorrent downloads).
As of 0.7.1 release, aria2 supports asynchronous DNS using c-ares or ares. This can improve segmented download performance, especially in Metalink download.

Command-line interface
Download files through HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent
HTTP Proxy support
FTP through HTTP Proxy
HTTP BASIC authentication support
HTTP Proxy authentication support
Segmented downloading
Cookie support(currently aria2 ignores "expires")
Run as a daemon process.
Selective download in multi-file torrent
BitTorrent Fast extension support
Metalink version 3.0 support(HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent)

[mips]

Thx. Unfortunately it is cli based. While looking at it I also came across:

http://dfast.sourceforge.net/

I'll give them both a try.

[croak77]

Thx. Unfortunately it is cli based. While looking at it I also came across:



You mean thank god it's cli based ;)

[kpkeerthi]

If you like firefox use the DownThemAll! extension. I'm using it and can't be any happier.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/201/

I tried d4x but somehow felt very cartoonish to me.

[user1397]

thats weird. using bittorrent, i get download speeds of like max 450 kbps in windows and linux.

[ember]

I agree with kpkeerthi, DownThemAll is very useful for downloading - I use it both in Windows and Linux.

[richbarna]

I never seem to get good download speeds in ubuntu. Using D4X or WGET simply does not give me the same performance as say GetRight in windows.

With getright i have 5 simultanious segmented downloads of the same files. it literally maes out my adsl connection (384kb/s) to the point that i even battle to just browse the net.

In ubuntu it does not really get better than say 200kb/s.

If I download ISO's i use windows as i find linux to slow.

How can i improve this ???

If the isos are available as a torrent download, I use ktorrent.

[mips]

I tried compiling from source, but I must be doing something wrong or missing dependancies.

Anybody got a deb ???

I see you can plug this into other download utils which is cool.




aria2

http://aria2.sourceforge.net/



aria2 has segmented downloading engine in its core. It can download one file from multiple URLs or multiple connections from one URL. This results in very high speed downloading, very much faster than ordinary browsers.
As of 0.3.0 release, It can also download BitTorrent files.
We implemented this engine in single-thread model. The architecture is very clean and easy to extend.

Unlike Aria, which has GTK+ interface, aria2 provides command-line interface only. But GUI-lessness brings lower resource requirement. The physical memory usage is typically 3MB(normal HTTP/FTP downloads) to 5MB(BitTorrent downloads).
As of 0.7.1 release, aria2 supports asynchronous DNS using c-ares or ares. This can improve segmented download performance, especially in Metalink download.

Command-line interface
Download files through HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent
HTTP Proxy support
FTP through HTTP Proxy
HTTP BASIC authentication support
HTTP Proxy authentication support
Segmented downloading
Cookie support(currently aria2 ignores "expires")
Run as a daemon process.
Selective download in multi-file torrent
BitTorrent Fast extension support
Metalink version 3.0 support(HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent)

[skymt]

I tried compiling from source, but I must be doing something wrong or missing dependancies.

Anybody got a deb ???

I see you can plug this into other download utils which is cool.

What errors do you get when you try to compile?

[croak77]

Aria2 is in Raphink's unofficial packages for Ubuntu

http://www.raphink.net/ubuntu/

[Josh1]

I never seem to get good download speeds in ubuntu. Using D4X or WGET simply does not give me the same performance as say GetRight in windows.

With getright i have 5 simultanious segmented downloads of the same files. it literally maes out my adsl connection (384kb/s) to the point that i even battle to just browse the net.

In ubuntu it does not really get better than say 200kb/s.

If I download ISO's i use windows as i find linux to slow.

How can i improve this ???
Prozilla. Works just like reget for windows.

[mips]

Aria2 is in Raphink's unofficial packages for Ubuntu

http://www.raphink.net/ubuntu/

Thx, they are not the latest but I'll have a look.

[mips]

What errors do you get when you try to compile?

I'll post the output of ./config & make tomorrow.

[mips]

Attached find output of ./configure & make...

[slimdog360]

there is also kget, you can make it the default dl manager in konqueror.

[mips]

there is also kget, you can make it the default dl manager in konqueror.

As far aas i know kget does not support segmented downloading. I have used it before though.

[croak77]

Attached find output of ./configure & make...

You need libxml 2.6.26 or greater.

[mips]

You need libxml 2.6.26 or greater.

I have 2.6.24. Where would I find 2.6.26 ?

[skymt]

I have 2.6.24. Where would I find 2.6.26 ?

Edgy has .26. If you don't want to upgrade yet, your best option is probably to compile it yourself (http://xmlsoft.org/).

[mips]

Edgy has .26. If you don't want to upgrade yet, your best option is probably to compile it yourself (http://xmlsoft.org/).

I think I'll wait for edgy then or try the older deb in the meantime.

[mips]

wxDownload Fast does the job just fine for me so far.

I also have aria2 installed but have not used it much so cannot comment right now.

Where did I get them from ? http://www.getdeb.net/

[antini]

aria2 (http://aria2.sourceforge.net) is in feisty. There's .debs for wxDownload Fast (http://dfast.sourceforge.net) on its download page too.

The new version of KGet in KDE4 will support segmented downloading as well.

Also, check out Metalink (http://www.metalinker.org) which is a file used by download managers just for this sort of thing.

[antini]

DownThemAll! (http://www.downthemall.net/main/install-it/downthemall-10-beta/) is a Firefox extension that does really fast multithreaded downloads.

[kvonb]

wxDownload Fast does the job just fine for me so far.

I also have aria2 installed but have not used it much so cannot comment right now.

Where did I get them from ? http://www.getdeb.net/

Hey, thanks for that link to GetDeb mips, really nice stuff :)

[mips]

Hey, thanks for that link to GetDeb mips, really nice stuff :)

No problem ;) Where have you been as that site has been around for a while.

[kvonb]

No problem ;) Where have you been as that site has been around for a while.

The older I get, the less I see, or want to see :D