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Installing

Apollo Download Manager installs beside the original Velocity Download Manager (V1): each has its own programs, menu entries and data, and installing or removing one never changes the other (V1 and Apollo Download Manager).

No signed release yet: Apollo Download Manager's installers are test builds, made by its CI and not signed.

Windows

The installer is Apollo Download Manager_<version>_x64-setup.exe.

  • For your user only: it installs without an administrator prompt, into %LOCALAPPDATA%\Apollo Download Manager, with a Start menu entry and an Apps & features entry, all named "Apollo Download Manager".

  • Unsigned: Windows SmartScreen warns the first time ("Windows protected your PC"). Choose More info, then Run anyway.

  • WebView2: if the PC lacks Microsoft's WebView2, the installer downloads it. Windows 10 and 11 normally have it.

  • Your data is kept in %APPDATA%\com.velocity.downloadmanager.v2, apart from V1's.

  • Licences: Apollo Download Manager is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 3 only, in LICENSE in the install folder. The third-party licences are in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md beside it.

Linux

Two packages, for 64-bit PCs:

PackageFor
.debUbuntu 22.04 and newer, Debian 12 and newer, and distributions based on them
.rpmFedora, openSUSE and similar distributions of the same age or newer

Install it with your package manager, which also installs the WebKitGTK, GTK and AppIndicator libraries Apollo Download Manager needs:

sudo apt install "./Apollo Download Manager_<version>_amd64.deb"   # Ubuntu, Debian
sudo dnf install "./Apollo Download Manager-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm" # Fedora

Use the file name of the package you have, in quotes because it has spaces. A release candidate's files have other names, such as apollo-download-manager-0.2.0-rc.1-<commit>-<date>-linux-amd64.deb. Apollo Download Manager then appears in your applications menu as "Apollo Download Manager". Its data is kept in ~/.local/share/com.velocity.downloadmanager.v2, apart from V1's, and its licence and the third-party licences are in /usr/lib/Apollo Download Manager/ (LICENSE, THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md).

No AppImage is made for now.

Upgrading

Install a newer version over the old one: run the newer Windows installer, or install the newer Linux package. Your downloads, settings, history and browser registrations are kept.

From 0.1.x, which was named "Velocity Download Manager V2": install the new version the same way. It replaces the old one, so you have one Apollo Download Manager in Apps & features or in your package manager, and it keeps everything above. On Windows the browsers keep working: the app points them at its new folder the first time it starts. V1 isn't changed.

Removing Apollo Download Manager

  • Windows: remove "Apollo Download Manager" in Apps & features. That removes the program and Apollo Download Manager's browser registrations. Your downloads, settings and history stay unless you tick Delete the application data.

  • Linux: sudo apt remove apollo-download-manager, or sudo dnf remove apollo-download-manager. That removes the programs, the menu entry and the icons. Your downloads, settings and history stay in your home folder. First unregister the browsers in Settings, Browser: a package can't reach the registrations in your home folder, so they would stay, pointing to a program that is gone.

Downloaded files are never removed, on either system. Removing Apollo Download Manager never changes V1.