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86 lines
2.8 KiB
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aria2 for Android devices
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aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source download utility
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operated in command-line. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, BitTorrent and
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Metalink.
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Install
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-------
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aria2 is not an ordinary Android Java application. It is a C++ native
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application and operates in command-line. You don't have to 'root'
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your device to use aria2. Because aria2 is a command-line program,
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you need a terminal emulator. First install Android Terminal Emulator
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from Android Market (or build it from source and install. See
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https://github.com/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/).
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1. Copy aria2c executable to ``/mnt/sdcard`` on your device.
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2. Run Android Terminal Emulator.
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3. ``mkdir /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/aria2``
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4. ``cat /mnt/sdcard/aria2c > /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/aria2/aria2c``
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5. ``chmod 744 /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/aria2/aria2c``
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6. Add the following commands to the initial command of Android
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Terminal Emulator::
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export HOME=/data/data/jackpal.androidterm/aria2; cd $HOME
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7. Exit Android Terminal Emulator.
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8. Run Android Terminal Emulator again.
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9. See whether aria2c actually works by invoking ``./aria2c -v``
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How to use
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----------
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See `the online manual
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<https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/>`_.
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Notes
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-----
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aria2c executable was generated using android-ndk-r10d.
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The following libraries were statically linked.
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* openssl 1.0.2h
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* expat 2.1.1
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* c-ares 1.11.0
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* libssh2 1.7.0
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Since Android does not have ``/etc/resolv.conf``, c-ares (asynchronous
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DNS resolver) is disabled by default. But name resolution is sometimes
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a little bit slow, so I recommend to enable c-ares. You can enable it
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using ``--async-dns`` and specify DNS servers using
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``--async-dns-server`` option, like this::
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--async-dns --async-dns-server=`getprop net.dns1`,`getprop net.dns2`
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Additionally, the CA certificates shipped with Android don't locate in
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the same place as those of normal Unix-like systems do, so this
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workaround might be useful to securely download files via HTTPS::
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cat /etc/security/cacerts/* | aria2c --ca-certificate=/proc/self/fd/0 $@
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Because it is tedious to type these long parameters every time you use
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aria2c, the following wrapper shell script would be handy::
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#!/system/bin/sh
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cat /etc/security/cacerts/* | \
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/data/data/jackpal.androidterm/aria2c \
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--ca-certificate=/proc/self/fd/0 \
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--async-dns \
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--async-dns-server=`getprop net.dns1`,`getprop net.dns2` \
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"$@"
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Please note that you need to add executable file mode bit to this
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wrapper script too. (e.g., ``chmod 744 /PATH/TO/SCRIPT``)
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Known Issues
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------------
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* Since Android does not have ``/dev/stdout``, ``-l-`` does not work.
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``/proc/self/fd/0`` is a workaround for Android.
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* Android Terminal Emulator sometimes stops updating console. It looks
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like aria2c hangs, but aria2c continues to run.
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