{"id":45736,"date":"2024-03-05T06:13:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T06:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45736"},"modified":"2024-03-05T06:13:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T06:13:23","slug":"varia-download-manager-gnome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/03\/varia-download-manager-gnome\/","title":{"rendered":"Varia &#8211; Modern New Download Manager for GNOME Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-45737\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-logo-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a download manager for Ubuntu, Fedora, or other Linux with GNOME Desktop? Try Varia!<\/p>\n<p>There are quite a few downloading apps for Linux Desktop. And, <a href=\"https:\/\/ugetdm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uGet<\/a> is one of them that I prefer, which is however not updated for a few years.<\/p>\n<p>For GNOME, the default desktop in Ubuntu and Fedora Workstation, there&#8217;s now a new download manager called Varia. It&#8217;s based on aria command line download utility, which is lightweight, super fast (support downloading from multi-sources in parallel), and supports HTTP\/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink.<\/p>\n<p>Varia is written in Python programming language, and uses GTK4 + Libadwaita for its user interface, that&#8217;s modern and well integrated with GNOME Desktop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-download-manager.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45738\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-download-manager-700x444.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-download-manager-700x444.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-download-manager-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-download-manager-768x487.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-download-manager.webp 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The UI is stupid easy to use, just paste the download link into URL box, and hit &#8220;Download&#8221; button. Then it starts downloading and groups them in <code>All<\/code>, <code>In Process<\/code>, and <code>Completed<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent release added extensions support for Firefox and Chrome. And, there are the buttons in &#8216;Preferences&#8217; dialog to quickly open the extension pages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-prefs.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45739\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-prefs.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-prefs.webp 646w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/varia-prefs-300x298.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free and open-source.<\/li>\n<li>Speed limit.<\/li>\n<li>Pause &amp; continue downloading even after reboot.<\/li>\n<li>And remote control.<\/li>\n<li>Run in background mode.<\/li>\n<li>Experimental Windows support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Varia is just a few months old project. It keeps moving with new features, but there may be bugs. To help to make it better, report issues and\/or request features at its <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/giantpinkrobots\/varia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Varia Download Manager<\/h3>\n<p>Varia provides official Linux package through <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/io.github.giantpinkrobots.varia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a>, while, Arch based Linux can also install it from AUR (though unofficial) repository.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fedora 38\/39<\/b> (with 3rd party repository enabled) and <b>Linux Mint 21<\/b> can search for and install the Flatpak package directly from either GNOME Software or Software Manager.<\/p>\n<p>While Ubuntu and other Linux, can do following steps one by one to get the package:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>For Ubuntu, press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal, and run command to enable Flatpak support:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p><i>Other Linux can follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpak.org\/setup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setup guide<\/a> instead.<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39141\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-300x115.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-768x294.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Then, install the app as Flatpak package by running the command below in terminal:\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/io.github.giantpinkrobots.varia.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p><i>NOTE: First time installing Flatpak app will have many downloads for run-time libraries.<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-varia.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45740\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-varia-700x475.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-varia-700x475.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-varia-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-varia-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-varia.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>After installation, search for and launch it from either overview screen (or start menu for other Desktops). You may need to log out and back in if app icon not visible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/launch-varia.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45741\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/launch-varia.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/launch-varia.webp 529w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/launch-varia-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Varia download manager<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall the flatpak package, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data io.github.giantpinkrobots<\/pre>\n<p>You may also run <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to remove the left-over run-time libraries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a download manager for Ubuntu, Fedora, or other Linux with GNOME Desktop? 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