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Sepideh Abadpour
Asked: 2018-09-07 15:01:27 +0800 CST

How to install Xtreme Download Manager (XDM) in Ubuntu 18.04?

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In order to install Xtreme Download manager, I've used the following commands based on what is said here.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xdman

But here's what I get from the terminal and I can't get it installed:

sepideh@sepideh-Lenovo-ideapad-700-15ISK:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
[sudo] password for sepideh: 
 This PPA Contains Applications for Ubuntu/Linux Mint from different sources but debianized by http://www.NoobsLab.com
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~noobslab/+archive/ubuntu/apps
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.

Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]
Ign:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Err:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu bionic Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]
Hit:10 https://repo.windscribe.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
sepideh@sepideh-Lenovo-ideapad-700-15ISK:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Ign:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Err:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu bionic Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]
Hit:10 https://repo.windscribe.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
sepideh@sepideh-Lenovo-ideapad-700-15ISK:~$ sudo apt-get install xdman
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package xdman
sepideh@sepideh-Lenovo-ideapad-700-15ISK:~$

What should I do?

software-installation downloads 18.04 download-manager idm

2 Answers

  1. Noobslab PPA no longer appears to maintain an XDMan release for current Ubuntu releases. The last update was for Xenial Xerus. As far as I know, XDMan does not have any reliable PPA at the moment. Instead ...

    Install using Tarball

    1. OpenJDK should have been installed already. Check via Terminal: java --version. If you get Command 'java' not found install it with:

      sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jre

      and hit Enter if asked.

    2. Download the lastest XDMan release here (currently 7.2.11 at the time of this edit).

      Note that recent releases are 64-bit only. If you need a 32-bit release, the latest is 7.2.7.

    3. After finishing the download open Terminal and cd to the download directory; for example: cd ~/Downloads/Programs

    4. Run tar -xvf xdm-setup-7.2.11.tar.xz (for latest release) or tar -xvf xdm-2018-x86.tar.xz (for the 32-bit release).

      NOTE: You may not want to extract the file using FileRoller or other software, as it may not extract it appropriately.

    5. Run sudo ./install.sh

    Xtreme Download Manager is now installed on your system.

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  2. Find the latest version (currently 7.2.11) on the XDM Downloads Page or the Github releases page. Adjust the filenames as needed below to download, extract, and run install.sh:

    wget https://github.com/subhra74/xdm/releases/download/7.2.11/xdm-setup-7.2.11.tar.xz
tar -xvf xdm-setup-7.2.11.tar.xz
sudo sh install.sh
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