[olpc-community-support] How do I save an image from the web

[Paul Russell]

Both Opera and wget are great ideas. I'll give both a try now. Thanks!

Is there an easy way to get an image URL out of a web page?

If I were to use wget I'd need to know the URL for the image. Often images
are in a webpage and I'd do a view image or save as in firefox. The only way
I can figure out how to get a URL for an image using browers is to CTRL-u
and sift through the source.


On Dec 21, 2007 4:24 PM, Michael Stone <michael at laptop.org> wrote:

> An alternate approach is to use the tool 'wget' to download your image
> in the terminal, e.g.:
>
>  wget -O my.jpg http://some.where/some.jpg
>  wget http://some.other/file.jpg
>
> would produce 'my.jpg' and 'file.jpg' in the current directory.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 08:31:36PM +0000, phigan wrote:
> >
> >
> > russelldad at gmail.com wrote:
> > > Is there a way to save an image from a web page onto the XO hard
> drive, and then get the path to that image so that I can upload it?
> >
> >
> > You may be able to enter the direct URL of the image you want to save,
> but I have not attempted this with the Browse activity.
> >
> > Opera (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Opera) is what I've been using, and it
> seems to work pretty well! You have to install it and run it in Terminal.
> Things you need to know:
> >
> > Opera-activity on that page doesn't work right now.
> > When you download something in the Browse activity, it goes into the
> Journal and in /home/olpc/.sugar/default/datastore/store as a funky
> filename. Match up the date and filesize, 'cp' it to your /home/olpc
> directory, and then erase it from the Journal.
> > To install an rpm, do this as root: rpm -vi <filename>
> > To run opera after it's installed: opera &
> >
> > It gives you a right-click menu and will let you save images.
> >
> > - Joe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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