Video DownloadHelper is a browser extension (Chrome URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... phfk?hl=en "adult only" (!) see Post-Scriptum; Edge URL: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/add ... iipiilhldn).
Its correct functioning requires a companion application installation, VdhCoApp 1.6.3, for extension version 7.6.3.3.
Methods and links to download and install this companion application are mentioned in the extension options.
However, none of the provided methods function when the browser (Chrome, Chromium or Ungoogled-chromium) is a flatpak.
Here is a workaround to install this VdhCoApp 1.6.3.
- Download the "Linux - 64 bits - targz" version from this page https://www.downloadhelper.net/install-coapp.
- Then, enter these lines of code (one after the other):
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~/Downloads$ tar xf net.downloadhelper.coapp-1.6.3-1_amd64.tar.gz -C ~
~/Downloads$ ~/net.downloadhelper.coapp-1.6.3/bin/net.downloadhelper.coapp-linux-64 install --user
- directory "/net.downloadhelper.coapp-1.6.3/" in your home,
- file "net.downloadhelper.coapp.json" in your "~/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/" directory.
(where "~" is a system shortcut for "/home/username").
Your flatpak browser configuration directory is found in:
- "~/.var/app/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium/config/chromium/" for Ungoogled-chromium,
- "~/.var/app/org.chromium.Chromium/config/chromium/" for Chromium,
- "~/.var/app/com.google.Chrome/config/chromium/" for Google Chrome.
Copy the "net.downloadhelper.coapp.json" file from your "~/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/" to the subdirectory "/NativeMessagingHosts/" of your flatpak browser configuration directory.
You can now go to your "Video DownloadHelper" extension, and in its options, check that the companion app is well installed.
Finally, you can delete files "net.downloadhelper.coapp-1.6.3-1_amd64.tar.gz" in your "~/Downloads/" directory and "net.downloadhelper.coapp.json" in your "~/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/" one.
Regards,
MN
Post Scriptum: in the perpetual fight against video downloading programs, Google has now classified Video DownloadHelper extension for Google Chrome as an "adult only" extension. You need to connect to your Google account, then confirm your age with a credit card or an identity card in order to download it. Simple workaround: to install the extension for Edge from https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/add ... iipiilhldn