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SKDownloader, "Internet Download Manager" Gratis Untuk Linux dan Windows

Dialog Box Berbasis GUI dari Installer SKDownloader

Skdownloader sedang melakukan proses download

Skdownloader di dalam Lubuntu 10.04

Skdownloader terintegrasi di dalam Firefox

Menginstalasi extension skdownloader.xpi di Firefox

Bagi kita yang gemar berburu materi di internet, pasti akrab dengan aplikasi download accelerator seperti Internet Download Manager (IDM) dan Download Accelerator Plus (DAP). Aplikasi-aplikasi tersebut mempunyai fungsi sebagai akselerator proses download yang menghasilkan performa 4-5 X proses download lebih cepat dari kecepatan normal.

Namun, baik IDM maupun DAP merupakan aplikasi untuk lingkungan desktop Windows, dan berbayar (walau tersedia versi trial). Bagi kita pengguna desktop Linux, kali ini tidak perlu lagi merasa cemas, karena telah tersedia aplikasi download accelerator yang sangat mirip degnan IDM, yang bernama skdownloader. Skdownloader adalah aplikasi download accelerator berbasis Java yang mempunyai fungsi sama seperti IDM dan DAP, dan seperti halnya IDM, skdownloader juga bisa di integrasikan dengan Mozilla Firefox dengan menambahkan extension skdownloader.xpi. Sebagai info, Skdownloader juga tersedia dalam versi Windows :)


Sebelum mendownload dan menginstalasi skdownloader, pastikan kita telah mempunyai Java Runtime Environtment dari Oracle atau OpenJDK JRE (versi open source dari platform JRE). Jika belum, pertama-tama harus di instalasi paket JRE.


$ sudo apt-get install icedtea6-plugin (atau bisa memakai versi yang lebih baru jika tersedia, sesuai versi distribusi Linux yang kita pakai). Icedtea6-plugin adalah plugin java untuk browser dan desktop, yang secara otomatis akan menginstalasi juga paket openjdk-6-jre. Untuk pengguna desktop lain silahkan disesuaikan dengan distribusi Linux anda.


Setelah itu barulah kita pergi ke website skdownloader dan mendownload versi Linux dari skdownloader. Installer yang tersedia adalah installer universal dengan ekstensi sh. Setelah di download, dalam kasus saya, saat di eksekusi, terdapat pesan error mengenai masalah permission file. Agar mau di eksekusi, ubahlah permission file dari paket installer tersebut menjadi executable, dengan perintah sbb :


$ chmod +x skdownloader_linux_installer.sh (tanpa hak akses root)


Setelah itu, eksekusi paket installer tersebut dengan hak user root :


$ sudo ./skdownloader_linux_installer.sh


Setelah di eksekusi, akan muncul dialog instalasi berbasis GUI, yang memberi kita pilihan, akan diletakkan di mana direktori kerja dari aplikasi skdownloader, setelah itu next next dan finish.


Terakhir, install extension skdownloader untuk Mozilla Firefox. Caranya tentu sangat simpel. Download ekstensi bernama skdownloader.xpi (ada di website skdownloader), lalu install. Caranya, buka Firefox dan pergi ke menu Tools>Add-ons lalu di jendela Add-ons, klik pada bagian tombol preferensi (dibagian atas kanan, disebelah kolom search) lalu pilih opsi Install add-on from file. Restart firefox, dan menu skdownloader sudah terintegrasi dengan firefox, dan siap digunakan untuk membantu anda mendownload materi apapun di internet.


Catatan :


( + ) : Secara keseluruhan OK, sangat identik dengan IDM.

( - ) : Karena aplikasi gratis, ada halaman advertising/iklan di bagian bawah. Tapi tidak mengganggu tentu saja, karena programmer kan juga butuh makan, right? :)


Sebagai perbandingan, berikut ini spesifikasi sistem yang saya pakai :

1. Intel Pentium IV 2,4 GHz

2. Memory 512 MB DDR1

3. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (kernel 2.6.32-21-generic)

4. LXDE (lxsession 0.4.3-0ubuntu1)

4. Mozilla Firefox 8 beta3 (8.0~b3+build1-0ubuntu0)

5. openjdk-6-jre (6b20-1.9.9-0ubuntu1~10.04.2)


Happy Linuxing ! Cheers ! :D

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Sumodirjo said…
sekenceng IDM gak wan? aku lagi cari downloader command line yang bisa split download untuk file yang sama. udah coba plowshare, pyload tapi kurang sreg. Pengennya sekali jalan downloadernya bisa cukup pintar, misal cookies expired dia ambil cookie lagi dsb :D
October 25, 2011 at 9:09 AM
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