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Install JDownloader 2 Beta on Ubuntu 12.04 / 13.04

Last updated: October 18, 2015

This brief tutorial is going to show you how to download and install JDownloader 2 Beta on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, 13.04 Raring.

Jdownloader 2 main window

As you may know, Jdownloader is a free and open-source download manager written in Java, which allows the automatic downloading of files and split files from one-click hosting sites such as RapidShare.

For the difference between classic Jdownloader and Jdownloader 2 Beta, see:

Install JDownloader 2:

Jdownloader depends on Java 6 or 7, so first install OpenJDK from Ubuntu Software Center or Oracle Java 7 from ppa. To check current installed version, run below command in terminal:

java -version

You should see similar output:

java version “1.7.0_25”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_25-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)

To get started installing Jdownloader 2 Beta, you may check your system type (32-bit or 64-bit). Go to Unity Dash, search for and open Details to check out your OS information:

System-type-32bit-64-bit

Once you confirmed your OS type, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, run command to download JDownloader 2 beta for Linux installer. (jdownloader download page)

  • For 32-bit os: 
    wget http://installer.jdownloader.org/JD2SilentSetup_x86.sh
  • For 64-bit os: 
    wget http://installer.jdownloader.org/JD2SilentSetup_x64.sh

In order to run this .sh installer, run below command to give it executable permission (Or you can do this in file Properties window.)

chmod +x JD2SilentSetup*.sh

After that, run the .sh installer via command below:

./JD2SilentSetup*.sh

It brings up the setup wizard. Follow it and you’re done!

Jdownload 2 setup wizard

Once installed, Jdownloader 2 should available in the Unity Dash.

UPDATE: To uninstall Jdownloader 2, just run the “Uninstall JDownloader” file in the installation folder to bring up uninstall wizard and follow it.

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35 responses to Install JDownloader 2 Beta on Ubuntu 12.04 / 13.04

  1. mag August 29, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    Thanks a lot, it works on my ubuntu 13.04 now!!!!

    • Nostromov March 20, 2016 at 7:11 pm

      JDownloader PPA, “Jdownloader Team” team:

      Latest updates, jdownloader-installer 73 weeks ago

      *which is a real shame :f although, 99% teh installation will (still!) work =)

  2. musty October 20, 2013 at 12:45 am

    Thank you very much! working fin on ubuntu 12.04

  3. paulo October 21, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    thanks
    installing linux mint

  4. MiBa October 21, 2013 at 7:20 pm

    Thx, works also on Ubuntu 13.10

  5. Francesco November 20, 2013 at 11:20 am

    It works!!!! Also to ubuntu 13.10! Thank you very much!!

  6. jose March 23, 2014 at 7:44 am

    Perfect. Thank you.

  7. Sweta March 31, 2014 at 9:01 am

    Thank you very much! working fine on ubuntu 12.04

  8. #! April 15, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    Thanks! Work on CrunchBang! #!

  9. Cilinyar140 April 20, 2014 at 6:33 am

    Thank you for the walk-through! Installed on Ubuntu 14.04 and is working great!

  10. andysss April 20, 2014 at 2:56 pm

    thanks !!!

  11. fatih May 1, 2014 at 8:37 am

    thanks for information. its worked on lubuntu too :)

  12. Alex Lecco May 10, 2014 at 6:48 pm

    Muchas gracias :)

  13. Ketim May 26, 2014 at 9:18 am

    Thanks, it helped me a lot since I’m a newbie on Ubuntu.

  14. Gaurav Balodi June 29, 2014 at 9:38 am

    Thanks man, it also works fine on ubuntu 14.10 . It really made things easy for me.

  15. VAMerke July 13, 2014 at 2:22 pm

    Thankx. Worked like a charm!!

  16. Ben July 26, 2014 at 6:58 am

    Thankx, now it works on LinuxMint 17

  17. Paul C September 10, 2014 at 8:06 pm

    Thank you! It worked on Ubuntu 14.04- and it was the first time I succeded to install a .sh file. Why aren’t more decriptions as nice and simple as yours?! Perfect work!

    • coop August 14, 2015 at 7:35 am

      Thank you! It worked on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and it was the first time I succeeded to install a .sh file. The command “./JD2SilentSetup*.sh”doesn`t work because the file was downloaded in downloads directory. The problem was solved by drag and drop in terminal window.Thanks again.

  18. jonlaka October 31, 2014 at 6:36 pm

    I installed it on Ubuntu 14.04 and it works! (forgot to specify in the previous comment)

  19. Ronny February 5, 2015 at 3:39 pm

    It works fine, many thanks!

  20. jonathan March 23, 2015 at 5:14 pm

    HOLA MUCHAS GRACIAS SI ME FUNCIONO TU METODO PARA UBUNTU 14 MUY BIEN EXPLICADO Y FUNCIONAL SIN ERRORES NI NADA

    GRACIAS

  21. Derpie April 24, 2015 at 8:33 pm

    don’t work with java 8?
    i must work with v8 :/

  22. red john May 23, 2015 at 12:17 pm

    Works wonderfully on Mint 17.1. Thank you.

  23. Debian Newby May 31, 2015 at 2:50 am

    I just used these instructions to install jdownloader in Debian 8 and they worked perfectly. Thank you.

  24. Mike June 29, 2015 at 9:08 pm

    Thanks, working in Elementary Luna whit java 8

  25. arno July 9, 2015 at 4:41 pm

    aah, thanks, i was lost ;|)

  26. Carlos October 6, 2015 at 4:20 am

    Hello, finally a direct way to install the Beta version. I always had to install the previous version and then update JD.

    It works perfectly on Ubuntu 14.04.

    Regards.

  27. fede October 11, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    hello very good wing works perfectly but I already had the old now, how can I uninstall the old? I am new at this thanks.

  28. Peter_Pan October 16, 2015 at 11:43 am

    Hello, many thanks for your tutorial. One question though:
    What if, for what reason whatsoever, I want to uninstall JDownloader beta. What are the steps for this exactly? As I installed it manually, the uninstall process would be manually too.

    • Ji m October 18, 2015 at 4:50 pm

      Go to the installation folder (/home/USERNAME/jd2) and then run the “Uninstall JDownloader” file to bring up uninstall wizard. Right click on the file and select “Run”.

      Don’t see the ‘Run’ option? Go to menu Edit -> Preferences -> Behavior -> check the box where it says ‘Run executable files when they are opened’. finally log out and back in.

  29. mark April 10, 2016 at 11:57 am

    this is only way i could get it to install on 15.10 thank you very much for this

  30. Xseba April 26, 2016 at 5:58 pm

    Funciona perfecto para Ubuntu 16.04. Gracias

  31. mohamed August 7, 2016 at 9:34 am

    thanks it work 15.10