Hi all :-(
I know it is off topic but I do not know where to turn...
trying to download a spanish learning video using DownloadHelper...
years ago was easy now I am told it need
a companion app which I have downloaded:

net.downloadhelper.coapp-1.5.0-1_amd64.tar.gz

but do not know what to do with it...

I do not think the Downloads directory is
the right place still I extracted it there
as i do not know where is the right place...I get: Downloads/net.downloadhelper.coapp-1.5.0
Of course it does not work...When I try to download the video
I again get the message that I need a companion app...
I do not know what to do...any help or suddestion of another
downloader which works with Mageia7.1 will be appreciated...
TIA
Santo

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On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 08:06:07 +0000 (UTC), santo wrote:

Hi all :-(
I know it is off topic but I do not know where to turn...
trying to download a spanish learning video using DownloadHelper...
years ago was easy now I am told it need
a companion app which I have downloaded:

net.downloadhelper.coapp-1.5.0-1_amd64.tar.gz

but do not know what to do with it...
I do not think the Downloads directory is
the right place still I extracted it there
as i do not know where is the right place...

Generally speaking, you unpack/extract the archive somewhere,
do whatever required to create an executable, then place the executable
in a directory that is in your $PATH.

It depends on how the archive is set up.

I usually unpack/extract in ~/tmp then move/install executable into /usr/local/bin.
For examples, slrn and schily's cdrtools.
$ type slrn
slrn is /usr/local/bin/slrn
$ dir /usr/local/bin/slrn
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 373K Dec 20 2019 /usr/local/bin/slrn

whereas
$ type cdrecord
cdrecord is /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
$ dir /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jul 1 04:51 /usr/local/bin/cdrecord -> /opt/schily/bi

Thunderbird and Firefox are different, I do the unpack in /local/opt
then put links links in /usr/local/bin

$ type thunderbird
thunderbird is /usr/local/bin/thunderbird
$ dir /usr/local/bin/thunderbird
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Jul 2 05:40 /usr/local/bin/thunderbird -> /local/opt/thunderbird-68.10.0/thunderbird

I get:
Downloads/net.downloadhelper.coapp-1.5.0
Of course it does not work...When I try to download the video
I again get the message that I need a companion app...
I do not know what to do...any help or suddestion of another
downloader which works with Mageia7.1 will be appreciated...
TIA
Santo

My suggestion would be to click on the
Extra step required to complete install
link and follow the instructions.

https://www.downloadhelper.net/install-coapp#extra-targz64

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On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 03:42:37 -0500, Bit Twister wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 08:06:07 +0000 (UTC), santo wrote:

Hi all :-(

Generally speaking, you unpack/extract the archive somewhere,
do whatever required to create an executable, then place the executable
in a directory that is in your $PATH.

It depends on how the archive is set up.

I usually unpack/extract in ~/tmp then move/install executable into /usr/local/bin.
For examples, slrn and schily's cdrtools.
$ type slrn
slrn is /usr/local/bin/slrn
$ dir /usr/local/bin/slrn
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 373K Dec 20 2019 /usr/local/bin/slrn

....
hanks for all the explanation above...

My suggestion would be to click on the
Extra step required to complete install
link and follow the instructions.

I did click on the 'to complete the installation '
link but thought that nothing was happening because
the step to be followed were opening below the screen
so I could not see them...
now I paid a bit more attention and
could complete everything...
Thanks, now it works fine
:-)

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On 5/7/20 6:42 pm, Bit Twister wrote:

whereas
$ type cdrecord
cdrecord is /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
$ dir /usr/local/bin/cdrecord

[faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ dir /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
dir: cannot access '/usr/local/bin/cdrecord': No such file or directory

[faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ type cdrecord
cdrecord is /usr/bin/cdrecord

have you moved yours around at some time, Bits ?

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Mageia release 7 (Official) for x86_64 installed via Mageia-7-x86_64-DVD.iso


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On 05.07.2020 at 23:03, faeychild scribbled:

On 5/7/20 6:42 pm, Bit Twister wrote:
=20

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whereas
$ type cdrecord
cdrecord is /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
$ dir /usr/local/bin/cdrecord =20

=20
=20
[faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ dir /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
dir: cannot access '/usr/local/bin/cdrecord': No such file or
directory
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[faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ type cdrecord
cdrecord is /usr/bin/cdrecord
=20
have you moved yours around at some time, Bits ?

Educated guess: Yours is the cdrecord that comes installed in Mageia by
default and is part of the cdrkit (formerly Wodim) package, whereas Bit Twister's is the cdrecord that comes as part of the original cdrtools
package by J=C3=B6rg Schilling, which Bit Twister built from source code, because that is how Schilling distributes it.

Software built from sources locally on the system is normally placed
under /usr/local. Software distributed in binary form but installed
outside of the scope of the package manager is generally installed in
/opt. Software that comes as part of the system itself and/or that is installed using the system's package manager goes under /usr.



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With respect,
=3D Aragorn =3D


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On 2020-07-05, Aragorn <[email protected]> wrote:

On 05.07.2020 at 23:03, faeychild scribbled:

On 5/7/20 6:42 pm, Bit Twister wrote:

whereas
$ type cdrecord
cdrecord is /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
$ dir /usr/local/bin/cdrecord

[faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ dir /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
dir: cannot access '/usr/local/bin/cdrecord': No such file or
directory

[faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ type cdrecord
cdrecord is /usr/bin/cdrecord

have you moved yours around at some time, Bits ?

Educated guess: Yours is the cdrecord that comes installed in Mageia by default and is part of the cdrkit (formerly Wodim) package, whereas Bit Twister's is the cdrecord that comes as part of the original cdrtools
package by Jörg Schilling, which Bit Twister built from source code,
because that is how Schilling distributes it.

Note that you can also get a compiled version of the real cdrecord
(called cdrtools) from openmandriva

cdrtools-3.02-5-omv4002.x86_64.rpm
eg via
https://pkgs.org/download/cdrecord
And go down to OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 or OpenMadriva Cooker

Note that because of the disappearance of cd/dvds the work on cdrecord
has slowed down a lot. 3.02-5 is from 2015 while the latest on
sourcforge is 2017.
(Note that Schilling has always labeled his releases as "alpha" No idea
why he uses this nomenclature to misleadingly call his releases, but
they are not what everyone else would call an alpha version.

Software built from sources locally on the system is normally placed
under /usr/local. Software distributed in binary form but installed
outside of the scope of the package manager is generally installed in
/opt. Software that comes as part of the system itself and/or that is installed using the system's package manager goes under /usr.

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