Install on Mac or Linux

Click to Download

1. Click the above button to download the installation script for Mac and Linux.
2. Place the file you just downloaded in either an empty folder or, if you already have a folder with an ao3downloader instance that you would like to keep, place it in that folder.
3. Open a terminal pointed to the folder containing the installation script (see below if you don't know how to do this).
4. Type or paste the following into the terminal window and then hit enter to make the script executable: chmod +x ao3downloader-mac-linux.sh
5. Type or paste the following into the terminal window and then hit enter: ./ao3downloader-mac-linux.sh
6. This will install ao3downloader’s dependencies (if they are not already installed) and start the program.
7. Any time you want to run ao3downloader again, repeat steps 3 and 5.

Opening a Terminal

1. Open the terminal application on your computer.
2. Type cd and then a space into the terminal window (don't hit enter yet).
3. Drag the folder containing the installation script to the terminal to copy the folder path.
4. Press enter.