This tutorial explains how to install Persepolis on 18.04 and integrate it into both Firefox and Chromium/Chrome (Iridium) browsers. This involves two steps: first, installing Persepolis from a new repository (PPA) and second, installing an add-on into your browser. Finally, you will have a fast and easy to use download manager integrated to your favorite browser!
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Persepolis Features
Persepolis Download Manager (PDM) is an advanced yet user-friendly download manager with interface similar to IDM that is free software. The features of the latest version 3.0.1 (available for 18.04) are these:
- Integration to Firefox and Chrome/Chromium/Iridium
- Very user-friendly user interface
- Using aria2 as back-end downloader
- Split (accelerate) up to 16x
- Support multiple languages (more translators needed!)
- Download YouTube videos with GUI (using youtube-dl as back-end)
- Scheduling
- Proxy and authentication
- Written in Python and Qt
1. Add Repository and Install Persepolis
Run these two command lines on Terminal one by one:
$ sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:persepolis/ppa
$ sudo apt-get install --yes persepolis
The process should looks like these:
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| Adding new repo |
Installing the program |
Then if you see Setting up messages many times until "Setting up persepolis" as the last one, it means the installation finished. Now run Persepolis from your menu:
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| Persepolis downloading a video with 1MiB/s speed |
Note: it needs to download around 50MiB of data on Ubuntu (GNOME) or less on Kubuntu (KDE).
2. Integration to Firefox
If you use Mozilla Firefox, or Abrowser, or GNU IceCat, follow these points.
- Go to https://addons.mozilla.org
- Find there Persepolis Download Manager Integration by Jafar Akhondali
- Press Add to Firefox button
- Press Install button when appears
- The red circle 'Persepolis' logo appears on your toolbar
- Persepolis now integrated!
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| Downloading MP4 video from Archive.org |
3. Integration to Chrome (Iridium)
If you use Chrome, or Chromium, or Iridium browser, then follow these points.
- Go to the url chrome://extensions/
- Click the Get more extensions link there
- Find Persepolis Download Manager Integration Integration by Jafar Akhondali
- Press ADD TO CHROME button
- Press Add extension when appears
- The red circle 'Persepolis' logo appears on your toolbar
- Persepolis now integrated!
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| Downloading ebook from Archive.org |
4. Using Video Finder
Now Persepolis supports YouTube downloading thanks to youtube-dl program as the back-end. You find the menu from the Video logo on toolbar or Video Finder from main menu. Copy and paste your YouTube URL into it and press Fetch Media List button and finally press Download Now. You can also select a format between 3GP, MP4, and WEBM available in each video fetched.
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| Downloading a video from YouTube |
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