FlareGet is a rich features download manager and download accelerator for Linux. Its also available for other Platform such as Windows and Mac. The new version of FlareGet 3.2.42 is available for download. This tutorial is going to show you how to install FlareGet 3.2.42 on Fedora 20. Even the developer already provided RPM binary installation file for Fedora 20 but Fedora users still need to install several packages in order to get this FlareGet installed.
Otherwise, the following error will appear when installing FlareGet RPM file.
[root@localhost Downloads]# rpm -ivh flareget-3.2-42.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libQtGui.so.4()(64bit) is needed by flareget-3.2-42.x86_64
Steps to install FlareGet 3.2.42 on Fedora 20
A. Enable RPMFusion repository on Fedora 20
It is important to have RPMFusion set up on Fedora 20 before we install FlareGet. Open Terminal and paste this command
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su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm'
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B. Download and install FlareGet
Download FlareGet 3.2.42 RPM package:
Now install the rpm file using command:
32 bit:
su
yum localinstall flareget-3.2-42.i386.rpm
64 bit:
su
yum localinstall flareget-3.2-42.x86_64.rpm
Answer Y to confirm the installation
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
flareget x86_64 3.2-42 /flareget-3.2-42.x86_64 2.7 M
Installing for dependencies:
lcms-libs x86_64 1.19-10.fc20 fedora 104 k
libmng x86_64 1.0.10-12.fc20 fedora 166 k
qt-x11 x86_64 1:4.8.6-10.fc20 updates 13 MTransaction Summary
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Install 1 Package (+3 Dependent packages)Total size: 16 M
Total download size: 13 M
Installed size: 38 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]:
Done. Now open FlareGet and integrate this with your web browser.
