Download from SourceForge without using the browser

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I need to download Firefox as a portable app from SourceForge., but I am using IE6 and the browser crashes before the download can finish.

I have found that SourceForge no longer supports IE6, so I am stuck in a catch 22 here. Is there any way of accessing SourceForge without using the web-browser?

(To clarify, normal download of the Firefox browser as a non portable app is not an option for me)

Henrik K

Posted 2010-01-22T13:07:52.383

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Question was closed 2012-08-17T01:42:23.450

are you able to use svn? then this would be your friend – JumpingPA – 2010-01-22T13:14:51.463

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I clicked the link and clicked on Firefox, I followed the link and downloaded from SourceForge.

I have uploaded it here so you have an alternate location.

If you are still having problems, please write in comments and I will put it on a ftp server for you and give you the commands you need to download without involving Internet Explorer at all.

Ivo said about wanting a guide, For Windows, the easiest thing to use is the FTP command, but it looks like SourceForge do not offer FTP access. If you are interested, if you ever want to get a file by command line FTP do the following:

(In all steps, I am using an example of : ftp:google.com/test/bla.exe)

  1. Go to command prompt and navigate to the folder you want files to go in.
  2. Type FTP Servername.com for example, FTP google.com
  3. Authenticate, either type username/password, or anonymous twice.
  4. Find the file you want, generally you can type LS or DIR, type CD directory to change directories. For example, CD test
  5. Type GET filename so get bla.exe
  6. Type QUIT when done.

Now, when you look, you should have the files you downloaded in the current folder.

There are other techniques involving programs such as Fetch or Curl, where you would just type the full path of the file and it will get it, however, I do not really want to recommend you download any extra programs.

William Hilsum

Posted 2010-01-22T13:07:52.383

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2+1 for being helpful, though I actually would like someone to explain how I could do this through the command line or something :P – Ivo Flipse – 2010-01-22T14:07:33.540

well - I am not sure it is possible for the portable version as it appears to only be on sourceforge, and they do not offer FTP... obviously for Linux you can use curl/fetch etc, but there is no built in command to Windows for this, and I don't really want to recommend installing more software.... My main FTP server is all automated with a DB for clients - I do not want to mess around, I only have a "test" server that I can use, and I do not really want to upload there if I do not have to which is why I said I would if there is still problems (but bandwidth is slow etc.) – William Hilsum – 2010-01-22T14:26:36.820

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theres always wget. or use 2get portable :)

alpha1

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2And how do you get them, without using the browser, on Windows? ;) – Gnoupi – 2010-01-22T14:40:41.310

I thought of that too...but as Gnoupi pointed out has Windows no such convenient 'features' nor applications built-in. ;) – Bobby – 2010-01-22T14:46:16.930

They are PORTABLE APPS :) go to a library, download them install them on USB. – alpha1 – 2010-01-23T06:56:00.103

2This does not really answer the question. How to use these? – Tamara Wijsman – 2012-08-09T12:39:14.193

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