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Feb 23, 2013

How to Download Youtube Video on Ubuntu / Linux

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There are many ways to download YouTube videos. I'm going to tell you very easy and headache free method.

Method I : FlashGot

For installation and other detail Click here .

[To transfer link of video to download manager automatically like uGet Downloader (similar to Internet Download Manager or Orbit Downloader on windows machine) follow both methods]

After installing FlashGot and Uget. Open any video on YouTube right click then select FlashGot Options .
In FlashGot Options select tab FlashGot Media and Download Manager option Select Uget as suggested in image:
Now to download video right click anywhere in Firefox and select FlashGot Media and follow the steps as given in the Screenshots below:

Select files to download

Method II : Easy YouTube Video Downloader:(Best Method)

[To transfer link of video to download manager automatically like uGet Downloader (similar to Internet Download Manager or Orbit Downloader on windows machine) follow both methods]

To install "Easy YouTube Video Downloader" open Firefox.
Click on Tools tab and select Add-ons or press (Ctrl+Shift+A).
In search box type "Easy YouTube Video Downloader" and press Enter key.
Select "Easy YouTube Video Downloader" and click on install as shown in figure below:
Installation is done now. Restart Firefox to use "Easy YouTube Video Downloader". Now, when ever you'll watch any YouTube video, in right side of like/dislike button,there'll be a Download button. To download video, click on Download button and select desire quality of video from menu. If you have installed FlashGot+Uget (1st method), then your download will be automatically transfer to uGet (or Firefox will handle) as shown in screenshot:

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Downloader for Ubuntu/Linux using FlashGot

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FlashGot!

FlashGot is the free add-on for Firefox and Thunderbird, meant to handle single and massive ("all" and "selection") downloads with several external Download Managers.

for Windows (BitComet, Download Accelerator Plus, DownloadStudio, FlareGet, FlashGet, Free Download Manager, Fresh Download, GetRight, GigaGet, HiDownload, iGetter, InstantGet, Internet Download Accelerator, Internet Download Manager, JDownloader, LeechGet, Mass Downloader, Net Transport, NetXfer (Net Transport 2), NetAnts, Orbit, ReGet, Retriever *, Star Downloader, Thunder (Chinese only popular product), TrueDownloader and Ukrainian Download Master [Russian language only] ), Uget, WellGet, wxDFast

for Linux / FreeBSD / other Unix-like OSes (Aria, Axel Download Accelerator, cURL, Downloader 4 X, FatRat, GNOME Gwget, FatRat, JDownloader, KDE KGet, SteadyFlow, Uget, wxDFast ).

Many Windows-only download manager are supported on Linux through Wine!

for Mac OS X (Folx, iGetter, JDownloader Leech, Progressive Downloader, Speed Download and wxDFast*)

FlashGot turns every supported download manager into a download manager for Firefox!

Installation?

Installing FlashGot

To install FlashGot add-on for Firefox, open Firefox and click on "Tools" tab and select "Add-ons" OR press "Ctrl+Shift+A".
In search box type "FlashGot" and press enter.
Select "FlashGot" and click on install button to install it as shown in figure above.
Now installation is done. To use FlashGot restart Firefox.
[You can also install FlashGot otherwise. Go to http://flashgot.net/getit and click on install button. But I recommend you to go for above method]

Installing UGet Downloader

To install UGet open Terminal(Ctrl+Alt+T) and type "sudo apt-get install uget".

You can use other downloader some are given in introduction section.

ScreenShots:

Free Downloader for Ubuntu / Linux.
Best Downloader for Ubuntu / Linux.
Downloader for Ubuntu / Linux Without Wine.

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