Downloading Rapidshare files

[daithi]

I am double-barreled, brass-bound newbie coming to Linux after many years of tolerating Windows viruses. Can anyone point me to clear, unambiguous instructions on how to download RS files? And how to do it at the same speed as Windows (average 1.5MB/s using Internet Download Manager)?

I found a couple of sites that purported to do so, but I couldn't get them to work - almost certainly the instructions were correct, but they assumed a level of knowledge of Linux that I do not have, being a complete starter after many years of Windows.

In other words, although I understand what the terminal does, and how to use it, I don't know the commands, so I need very basic, idiot proof instructions.

I am using OpenSuse 11.3.

Daithi

[gogalthorp]

Don't know rapid share but maybe this might help

How to easilly download RapidShare files in Linux - my-guides.net

[daithi]

Thank you, gogalthorp for your help. However, I can' t seem to get the procedure to work, so I must be doing something wrong.

This is what I typed in the terminal (several times) along with the result.

david@dhcppc2:~> wget\
> --save-cookies~/.cookies/rapidshare\
> --post-data'login=1225845&password=52a8mod7a1v9b4e21'\
> --no-check-certificate\
> -O-\
> (Apparently, I am not allowed to post this url line, but it was entered correctly).
> /dev/null
bash: wget--save-cookies~/.cookies/rapidshare--post-datalogin=xxxxxxx&password=xxxxxxxxxx--no-check-certificate-O-https://ssl.rapidshare.com/premzone.html/dev/null: No such file or directory

Can you help?

David

[HROAdmin26]

The \ means the command is continued on the next line - it is not part of the command.

wget --save-cookies ~/.cookies/rapidshare --post-data "login=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD" --no-check-certificate -O - https://ssl.rapidshare.com/premzone.html > /dev/null

[reed9]

There are a number of options out there. I haven't used any of the them, so I couldn't comment on how good any of them are.

FreeRapid Downloader - Download

plowshare - Project Hosting on Google Code

rapid-down - Project Hosting on Google Code

KAS: Scripts/RapidShareGET

slimrat - Project Hosting on Google Code

CinuxLoader

NJSoft? Baltazar

I also have no idea which, if any, of these are available in opensuse's software repositories, but you should search in your package manager.

YaST Software Management - openSUSE