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

Solution 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 ...

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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.

Solution 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