pyLoad
pyLoad is a fast, lightweight and full featured download manager for many One-Click-Hoster, container formats like DLC, video sites or just plain http/ftp links (supported hosts). It aims for low hardware requirements and platform independence to be runnable on all kind of systems (desktop pc, netbook, NAS, router). Despite its strict restriction it is packed full of features just like webinterface, captcha recognition, unrar and much more.
pyLoad is divided into core and clients, to make it easily remote accessible. Currently there are (screenshots):
- a webinterface;
- a command line interface;
- a GUI written in Qt;
- and an Android client.
Contents
Installation
Install the pyloadAUR package from the AUR.
Requirements
Required dependencies are handled by the AUR package's PKGBUILD. Nevertheless, some optional dependencies aren't:
- Ability to establish a secure connection to core or webinterface.
# pacman -S openssl python2-pyopenssl
- For ClickNLoad support.
# pacman -S js
Configuration
Run Setup Assistant:
# pyLoadCore -s
The Setup Assistant gives you a jump start, by providing a basic but working setup. Being a basic setup, there are more options and you should at least look at them, since some sections are untouched by the Assistant, like the permissions section.
pyLoadGui
or with the the Web Interface.Optional
However, if you prefer to edit the pyload.conf yourself and you went with the default conf directory, you can change the settings by editing {{Filename|~/.pyload/pyload.conf}. Use your favorite editor to edit, ie:
# nano ~/.pyload/pyload.conf
You can get aquainted with most of the configuration options in this page. Do note that it is outdated, in a sense, since the Template:Filename files it refers to do not match what's still on that page.
While also editable with the web interface, you can also change the plugins configuration by editing Template:Filename. Use your favorite editor to edit, ie:
# nano ~/.pyload/plugins.conf
Extraction passwords are store in ~/.pyload/unrar_passwords.txt. To add passwords either edit the file or:
# echo '<password>' >> ~/.pyload/unrar_passwords.txt
You can get aquainted with most of the configuration options in this page. Do note that it is outdated, in a sense, since the /opt/pyload/module/config/ files it refers to do not match what's still on that page.
Scripts
For more info on this,
cat /opt/pyload/scripts/Readme.txt
If you are interested in running userscripts, before running, you need to either
# chmod 777 /opt/pyload/scripts/
or
# chown <user you defined in pyload.conf / permissions settings> /opt/pyload/scripts/
in order for pyLoadCore to create the necessary folders.
Running
Essential
# pyLoadCore
pyLoadCore --daemon
to your Template:FilenameInterfacing with pyLoadCore
# pyLoadCli
# pyLoadGui
Or, as stated above, with the web interface. If the default settings are true, then:
http://localhost:8000
Daemon
To start pyload as a daemon we have to create it first:
su touch /etc/rc.d/pyload chmod +x /etc/rc.d/pyload
Now edit the content with:
nano /etc/rc.d/pyload
TIP: Don't forget to change USER
and PIDFILE
and/or uncommenting lines after # after pyload update restart itself
if required.
#!/bin/bash . /etc/rc.conf . /etc/rc.d/functions USER=YOUR_USER PIDFILE=/PATH/TO/.pyload/pyload.pid case "$1" in start) stat_busy "Starting pyload" su $USER -c '/usr/bin/pyLoadCore --daemon' &> /dev/null # after pyload update restart itself # sleep 30 # waiting time for pyload updates # su $USER -c "kill -15 $(cat $PIDFILE) && rm -f $PIDFILE" &> /dev/null # kill pyload # su $USER -c '/usr/bin/pyLoadCore --daemon' &> /dev/null # restart pyload if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then stat_fail else add_daemon pyLoadCored stat_done fi ;; stop) stat_busy "Stopping pyload" # killall -w -s 2 /usr/bin/pyLoadCore &> /dev/null su $USER -c "kill -15 $(cat $PIDFILE) && rm -f $PIDFILE" &> /dev/null if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then stat_fail else rm_daemon pyLoadCored stat_done fi ;; restart) $0 stop sleep 3 $0 start ;; *) echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}" esac exit 0
Finally start pyload with:
rc.d start pyload
To start pyload
automatically add it to the daemon array in Template:Filename.
Alternatives
JDownloader available in AUR.
Tucan Manager available in community.