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dupont
Asked: 2011-11-28 12:03:51 +0800 CST

Why does Jdownloader refuse to open?

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I've just install jdownloader but i do not understand how it works. If I add it click on the jdownloader icon, nothing happens.

I installed this way

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jdownloader

In terminal I get this:

/home/user/.jdownloader/config/PACKAGEMANAGER.cfg (No such file or directory)

in /home/[MyUserName]/.jdownloader, I can see a jdupdate.jar but no /config/PACKAGEMANAGER.cfg

I have Java 6.26 installed.

one month later and several extra hours lost, I still haven't managed to install JDownloader on my Ubuntu 11.10

It seems all the tutorials are outdated ! Did somebody manage ?

Note : it took me less than 5 mn to install on OSX. What the hell with Ubuntu ?

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3 Answers

  1. Based on your last comment (you may add it to your initial question - just click the edit link below the tag), i assume jdownloader isn't configured properly. It obviously tries to access

    /home/user/.jdownloader/config/PACKAGEMANAGER.cfg,

    but it should try to access

    /home/[YourUserName]/.jdownloader/config/PACKAGEMANAGER.cfg

    EDIT: If you install jdownloader using ther jdownloader ppa, jdownloader first tries to update itself to the newest version. You get more information about what's going on if you start jdownloader from the command line using jdownloader -v.

    I myself didn't get the PPA version to run on my own PC (Ubuntu 10.04), so it seems to be a bug (jdownloader wasn't able to update itself). I recommend installing JDownloader manually, by downloading the LInux installation file from JDownloader's download page.

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  2. Try to remove your home jdownloader profile and restart the program to see if it's a corrupt file and rebuilding it sves the problem.

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  3. Best Answer

    I finally managed to install jdownloader. this post helped me.

    https://askubuntu.com/questions/87342/alternative-to-downloading-files-through-firefox

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