Comments on: Downloading a Magento Connect Extension manually before installing it

By: Narendra

Narendra — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:27:55 +0000

Would you mind suggesting the best way to uninstall the module completely [remove files and database] without using magento connect?

This will be handy when the module was installed manually and its not visible under magentoconnect.

Thanks

By: Tangkoko

Tangkoko — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:55:38 +0000

This tool : http://www.tangkoko.com/telechargement-extension-magento/ let you donwload magento modules with a 2.0 or 1.0 magento connect key. You can also choose the version of the module to download.

By: dmitry

dmitry — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:49:00 +0000

Hello,
Not working on CE 1.7.0.0
Can somebody help?
I have wamp on win7. Have successfully installed pear for php 5.3.0.
Got error :
C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.5>pear download http://connect20.magentocommerce.com/comm
unity/bytes_facebook
Could not download from “http://connect20.magentocommerce.com/community/bytes_fa
cebook” (File http://connect20.magentocommerce.com:80/community/bytes_facebook/
not valid (received: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
))
Invalid or missing remote package file
download failed

By: Oleg

Oleg — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:51:22 +0000

Simple method.
Download Magento modules using your browser:
http://turnkeye.com/blog/download-module-archive-magento-connect/

By: brody

brody — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:51:39 +0000

hey Ashley what tools do you use to determine the home calls etc..?

By: Magento Extension

Magento Extension — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:23:59 +0000

Nice post, I also recomemnd this online Magento Extension downloader which is cool too http://freegento.com/ddl-magento-extension.php

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:54:56 +0000

@Wallace That downloader is great! Thanks!

@Ashley Thanks for your help, this post really helped. (Y)!

By: Debi

Debi — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:52:05 +0000

Thanks Wallace and Majid, that downloader is just what I needed!

By: Marco F Garcia

Marco F Garcia — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:41:33 +0000

I like using a good ole´ ftp client. Works wonderfully!

By: Jaap

Jaap — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:00:58 +0000

Make sure you use the 1.0 extension key though. Or am I the only stupid one here .. ? 😉