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Uget is a great application, especially for downloading ISOs and other large files: frees one's browsers to do something else at the same time; can pick-up where it left off if interrupted; and when multiple download sources are available can draw from each simultaneously.

But under Bookworm /usr/bin/uget-gtk is written to run uget as Spot, downloading only to /home/spot. That folder always occupies RAM. Downloading large files into RAM is not usually desirable, especially if you have limited RAM. And if the downloaded file has only Spot permissions --I don't know if it does-- that adds another level of complexity to obtain a useable download.

AFAIK uget does not have to be structured to run a spot under Bookworm. I use it all the time under Fossapup64, F96 and Bionicipup64 where it defaults to 'root' and I can set its download folder to whatever is convenient.

Uget-gtk is a script; and scripting is not my forte. How to modify it to run as Root? Would substituting F-96's uget-gtk script create problems? Edit: I see that F-96's uget-gtk is a binary; but Jammy64's is just a script.

mikeslr wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:42 am

Uget-gtk is a script; and scripting is not my forte.

There is another file:uget-gtk.bin. This is the "real" thing.
You could rename the uget-gtk script to whatever you like (or delete it), then rename uget-gtk.bin to uget-gtk and make it executable. This uget-gtk will then run as root. Haven't tested, but should work.

@mikeslr :-

I don't know about UGet, Mike.....but I have used Smokey01's wee GUI he built for the Axel 'light' download accelerator:-

https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtop ... 8#p1006546

I put it all together in a wee .pet package. This was originally compiled in FatDog64, but like the version of XVidCap I turned into a 'portable', it just seems to work in every Pup I've ever thrown it at.

It's an "oldie but goodie", which I suspect many of us have forgotten all about. It works well, too.

Just an idea, like....

T'other Mike.

Thanks, Mike for the pet and MochiMoppel for the suggestion. I'll try the suggestion first as I'm pretty familiar with uget's relationship to aria2 and curl.