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Chapter 2. Using KGet

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KGet Tutorial

KGet Tutorial

Here is a brief tutorial that demonstrates some of the features of KGet. The screenshot shows three software packages that are to be downloaded. This tutorial lists the procedure to download the middle one first, and then the other two.

  1. Place KGet in offline mode, by choosing the menu item Options->Offline Mode.

  2. Click on the first file with the left mouse button. Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the bottom most file. The KGet window should look similar to this:


    Items to be downloaded from Konqueror

  3. Click on the Delay button to prevent these items from being downloaded.

  4. Now click on the middle entry to highlight it. The top and bottom items will no longer be highlighted.


    Items to be downloaded from Konqueror

  5. Put KGet back into the online mode by unchecking Options->Offline Mode and KGet will download the middle file.

  6. Click on the top item, hold down the Shift key and click on the bottom item. The KGet window should look like this:


    Items to be downloaded from Konqueror

    Note

    Holding down the Ctrl key allows you to select individual items; holding down the Shift key allows you to select consecutive items, while clicking with the left mouse button.

  7. Now click on the Queue icon or choose Transfer->Queue to download the two highlighted items.

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