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I tried to download the "19.8 GB" GOG game "The Wicther 2" (Linux) several times with my broweser (Firefox), but it always breaks after about 5 up to 6 GB download. GOG Galaxy is not available for Linux so far. So what alternative options do I have to download such big files from my GOG library?
This question / problem has been solved by Geralt_of_Riviaimage
Maybe this can help:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_lgogdownloader_wrapper_mkii/page1
Another option would be GoGrepo.
Nice usage of the "quotation mark" BTW.
Alternatively, you could try and find a download manager for Linux that would hook on your browser and download anything through it (or paste the link of the download to it). On Windows I use Free Download Manager which even allows me to change the link in the properties of the download in case it fails entirely and I have to restart. If you were to find a similar software (because FDM isn't available for Linux I'm afraid), it'll be a boon for future downloads.
I would also suggest a download manager that hooks into your browser. I use DownThemAll for Firefox and it works very well with GOG.
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PookaMustard: Alternatively, you could try and find a download manager for Linux that would hook on your browser and download anything through it (or paste the link of the download to it). On Windows I use Free Download Manager which even allows me to change the link in the properties of the download in case it fails entirely and I have to restart. If you were to find a similar software (because FDM isn't available for Linux I'm afraid), it'll be a boon for future downloads.
While I have no experience with the listed applications, there are quite a few listed at alternativeto.net (where I did a search for alternatives to "Free Download Manager" that run on Linux).

Some are better than others, and others might not at all have the feature you're looking for, but going through the list, you might find something that works.

(Yeah. PookaMustard, I replied to yours rather than the OP, sorry about that, I tried to expand on your post.)
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Geralt_of_Rivia: I would also suggest a download manager that hooks into your browser. I use DownThemAll for Firefox and it works very well with GOG.
For some reason I always read that as "Down The Mall", and get the image of someone swallowing an entire mall in one go.
Post edited May 22, 2016 by Maighstir
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outcast1: I tried to download the "19.8 GB" GOG game "The Wicther 2" (Linux) several times with my broweser (Firefox), but it always breaks after about 5 up to 6 GB download. GOG Galaxy is not available for Linux so far. So what alternative options do I have to download such big files from my GOG library?
This is a nice firefox download manager if you are using. Really neat thing to use
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/downthemall/
Nah, that's okay. Feel free to quote any and all posts of mine. With that said, there's a reason why I didn't bring up a name of an alternative myself, simply because I have no experience with them enough to tell a story about just how good the thing is.

If anything though, I think Free Download Manager won't mind running with WINE?
As others have said, use a download manager. You could go for DownThemAll or maybe jDownloader or even install a Firefox extension called FlashGot (has nothing to do with Adobe Flash) and just choose whatever manager you wish to use - you probably already have wget installed, for example, and it's all you need.
Thanks for the hint for "wget", but it doesn't work (with the copied link for "WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS OF KINGS, THE - ENHANCED EDITION"):

$ wget https://www.gog.com/downlink/the_witcher_2/en3installer1
--2016-05-23 00:51:21-- https://www.gog.com/downlink/the_witcher_2/en3installer1
Auflösen des Hostnamen »www.gog.com (www.gog.com)«... 104.125.68.219
Verbindungsaufbau zu www.gog.com (www.gog.com)|104.125.68.219|:443... verbunden.
HTTP-Anforderung gesendet, warte auf Antwort... 403 Forbidden
2016-05-23 00:51:22 FEHLER 403: Forbidden.


I guess I can only download from the website as I'm logged in on the GOG site.
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outcast1: Thanks for the hint for "wget", but it doesn't work (with the copied link for "WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS OF KINGS, THE - ENHANCED EDITION"):

$ wget https://www.gog.com/downlink/the_witcher_2/en3installer1
--2016-05-23 00:51:21-- https://www.gog.com/downlink/the_witcher_2/en3installer1
Auflösen des Hostnamen »www.gog.com (www.gog.com)«... 104.125.68.219
Verbindungsaufbau zu www.gog.com (www.gog.com)|104.125.68.219|:443... verbunden.
HTTP-Anforderung gesendet, warte auf Antwort... 403 Forbidden
2016-05-23 00:51:22 FEHLER 403: Forbidden.

I guess I can only download from the website as I'm logged in on the GOG site.
This is why I suggested FlashGot. You can do it with just wget, but you need to give it the GOG cookie (--load-cookies switch). However, Firefox stores the cookies in a SQLite database, so you'll need to first retrieve it from there, probably using some extension. And if you're installing extensions anyway, well then, just use FlashGot (or DownThemAll).
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outcast1: I guess I can only download from the website as I'm logged in on the GOG site.
You need to pass wget a valid GOG cookie in order to download something with it.
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outcast1: Thanks for the hint for "wget", but it doesn't work (with the copied link for "WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS OF KINGS, THE - ENHANCED EDITION"):
Extract the gog-al cookie from your browser.

--- cut here ---

#!/bin/bash

cookie="gog-al=PLACE_YOUR_COOKIE_HERE"

for i in "$@"
do
ofname=$(curl -s -b "$cookie" -I "$i" | grep Location | sed -e 's/Location: \(.*\)?\(.*\)/\1/')
ofname=${ofname##*/}

echo Download: $ofname
curl -L -C - -b "$cookie" "$i" -o "$ofname"
done

--- cut here ---

Needs curl installed.
Usage: ./script.sh https://www.gog.com/downlink/the_witcher_2/en3installer1

You can place several links in a row if you like. It will download them all. Resume is supported by curl itself.
Post edited May 23, 2016 by classicgogger