Get 500% Faster Download Speeds on Linux with Xtreme Download Manager – Easy Steps

Want to speed up your Linux downloads? Take a look at Xtreme Download Manager. It is an impressive application that can greatly speed up your downloads. This guide will show you how to install and use the Xtreme Download Manager on Linux.

Descarga de Xtreme Download Manager

Xtreme Download Manager is a program that installs via SH file, so you won’t be able to install it via traditional means (Linux package manager). Instead, you will have to grab the script file that installs the program from the official website.

To grab the Xtreme Download Manager script file and use it on your computer, open a terminal window on the Linux desktop. You can open a terminal window on the Linux desktop by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Or search for “Terminal” in the application menu and run it that way.

With the terminal window open and ready to use, run the following wget download command to get the latest JAR file from Xtreme Download Manager.

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/xdman/files/xdm-2018-x64.tar.xz/download -O ~/Downloads/xdm-2018-x64.tar.xz

The above command will download the Xtreme Download Manager tool directly into the “Downloads” folder of your user accounts. Use the CD command to access the «Downloads» folder.

cd ~/Downloads/

Once inside the “Downloads” folder, you must extract the contents of the TarXZ file from the Xtreme Download Manager. This file is a file that contains the installation script file.

Extraction of a TarXZ file is done with the tar command. Using the terminal, unzip the TarXZ file.

tar xvf xdm-2018-x64.tar.xz

When the extraction process is complete, a script file named “install.sh” will appear in the “Downloads” folder. This script must be run on your computer to install the Xtreme Download Manager application on Linux.

portable java

While it is recommended to install the Linux version of the Xtreme Download Manager, it is also possible to obtain the portable version of Java and run it on Linux. Of course, the Linux version is better, but the mobile version will allow you to carry it from one PC to another. So if you want a portable version of the app, follow these instructions.

First, grab the latest Xtreme Download Manager JAR file from the official website using the wget download command in terminal.

wget https://github.com/subhra74/xdm/releases/download/7.2.10/xdman.jar

After downloading the latest version of the JAR file from the Xtreme Download Manager, you need to install the Java runtime on your system. To set up the Java Runtime environment on Linux, follow our guide on the subject.

With the runtime installed, run the Xtreme Download Manager using the following commands in a terminal window.

cd ~/Downloads

java -jar xdman.jar

Configuring Xtreme Download Manager on Linux

With the Xtreme Download Manager script file downloaded to your computer and extracted, it is time to install the software. With the following command, start the script file.

sudo sh install.sh

The installation script should be quick as there is not much to install on the system. When the process is complete, the Xtreme Download Manager should be configured on your Linux computer.

Uso de Xtreme Download Manager en Linux

To use Xtreme Download Manager on your Linux PC, you will need to configure browser monitoring. Browser monitoring is essential, since otherwise every time you want to download a file with XDM, you will have to do it manually.

Setting up browser monitoring involves setting a browser extension to detect when something is about to download and redirect it to XDM. There are many browsers, so follow the instructions below that match the web browser you use.

Firefox

Firefox is the default web browser on 99% of Linux operating systems. If you are using Firefox and plan to use the Xtreme Download Manager, you will need to install the Firefox monitor plugin.

To install the Firefox XDM monitor plugin, select this Link. Then select the install button to add the plugin to your Firefox web browser.

Chrome / Chrome / Vivaldi, etc.

If you are using a Chromium-based web browser on Linux, such as Google Chrome, Chromium, Vivaldi, Brave, Microsoft Edge (BETA), etc. you will need to install the Chrome XDM browser monitor from the Chrome web store.

To install the plugin in your Chromium-based web browser, click the blue “Add to Chrome” button. It will then be downloaded and installed in your browser.

Downloading files

To download a file with XDM, start your web browser. Then find the file you want to download and select the link. When you click the download link, the browser monitor will ask if you want to start the download. Then the Xtreme Download Manager will start.

With the file added to XDM, the file will download. When the download is complete, select XDM and right-click on the download. Then select the “Open Folder” button to access the downloaded file.