Downloader for gog.com games and other files
lgogdownloader [OPTION]...
An open-source GOG.com downloader for Linux users which uses the same API as the official GOGDownloader.
LGOGDownloader can download purchased games, query GOG.com to see if game files have changed, as well as downloading extras such as artwork and manuals. It is capable of downloading language-specific installers for games where they exist.
These games are currently offered only for the Microsoft Windows\[rg] and Apple OS X\[rg] operating systems. To play these games under GNU/Linux will require a compatibility layer such as Wine. Usage of such a program is outside the scope of this document.
LGOGDownloader 2.19 Options:
-h [ --help ]
Print help message
--version
Print version information
--login
Login
--list
List games
--list-details
List games with detailed info
--download
Download
--repair
Repair downloaded files Use --repair --download to redownload files when filesizes don't match (possibly different version). Redownload will rename the old file (appends .old to filename)
--game arg
Set regular expression filter for download/list/repair (Perl syntax) Aliases: "all", "free"
--create-xml arg
Create GOG XML for file "automatic" to enable automatic XML creation
--update-check
Check for update notifications
--check-orphans arg Check for orphaned files (files found on local filesystem that are not found on GOG servers). Sets regular expression filter (Perl syntax) for files to check. If no argument is given then the regex defaults to '.*\.(zip|exe|bin|dmg|old|deb|tar\.gz|p kg)$' --status Show status of files Output format: statuscode gamename filename filesize filehash Status codes: OK - File is OK ND - File is not downloaded MD5 - MD5 mismatch, different version --save-config Create config file with current settings --reset-config Reset config settings to default --report [=arg(=lgogdownloader-report.log)] Save report of downloaded/repaired files to specified file Default filename: lgogdownloader-report .log --no-cover Don't download cover images. Overrides --cover option. Useful for making exceptions when "cover" is set to true in config file. --update-cache Update game details cache --directory arg (=.) Set download directory --limit-rate arg (=0) Limit download rate to value in kB 0 = unlimited --xml-directory arg Set directory for GOG XML files --chunk-size arg (=10) Chunk size (in MB) when creating XML --platform arg (=5) Select which installers are downloaded 1 = Windows 2 = Mac 4 = Linux 7 = All --language arg (=1) Select which language installers are downloaded 1 = English 2 = German 4 = French 8 = Polish 16 = Russian 32 = Chinese 64 = Czech 128 = Spanish 256 = Hungarian 512 = Italian 1024 = Japanese 2048 = Turkish 4096 = Portuguese 8192 = Korean 16384 = Dutch 32768 = Swedish 65536 = Norwegian 131072 = Danish 262144 = Finnish Add the values to download multiple languages All = 524287 French + Polish = 4+8 = 12 --no-installers Don't download/list/repair installers
--no-extras
Don't download/list/repair extras
--no-patches
Don't download/list/repair patches
--no-language-packs
Don't download/list/repair language packs
--no-dlc
Don't download/list/repair DLCs
--no-deb
Don't download/list/repair deb packages
--no-targz
Don't download/list/repair tarballs
--cover
Download cover images
--no-remote-xml
Don't use remote XML for repair
--no-unicode
Don't use Unicode in the progress bar
--no-color
Don't use coloring in the progress bar
--no-duplicate-handling
Don't use duplicate handler for installers Duplicate installers from different languages are handled separately
--no-subdirectories
Don't create subdirectories for extras, patches and language packs
--verbose
Print lots of information
--insecure
Don't verify authenticity of SSL certificates
--timeout arg (=10)
Set timeout for connection Maximum time in seconds that connection phase is allowed to take
--retries arg (=3)
Set maximum number of retries on failed download
--wait arg (=0)
Time to wait between requests (milliseconds)
--cover-list arg (=https://sites.google.com/site/gogdownloader/covers.xml)
Set URL for cover list
--subdir-installers arg
Set subdirectory for extras Templates: - %platform% - %gamename% - %dlcname%
--subdir-extras arg (=extras)
Set subdirectory for extras Templates: - %platform% - %gamename% - %dlcname%
--subdir-patches arg (=patches)
Set subdirectory for patches Templates: - %platform% - %gamename% - %dlcname%
--subdir-language-packs arg (=languagepacks)
Set subdirectory for language packs Templates: - %platform% - %gamename% - %dlcname%
--subdir-dlc arg (=dlc/%dlcname%)
Set subdirectory for dlc Templates: - %platform% - %gamename% - %dlcname%
--subdir-game arg (=%gamename%)
Set subdirectory for game Templates: - %platform% - %gamename% - %dlcname%
--use-cache
Use game details cache
--cache-valid arg (=2880)
Set how long cached game details are valid (in minutes) Default: 2880 minutes (48 hours)
Allows user to specify individual files that should not be downloaded or mentioned as orphans.
Each line in the file specifies one blacklist expression, except for empty lines and lines starting with #. First few characters specify blacklist item type and flags. So far, only regular expression (perl variant) are supported, so each line must start with "Rp" characters. After a space comes the expression itself. Expressions are matched against file path relative to what was specified as --directory.
Example black list
# used to store manually downloaded mods/patches/maps/, don't mention it as orphans
Rp ^[^/]*/manual/.*
# included with every *divinity game, once is enough
Rp beyond_divinity/extras/bd_ladymageknight.zip
Rp divinity_2_developers_cut/extras/divinity_2_ladymageknight.zip
# extra 6GB is A LOT of space if you don't actually plan to mod your game
Rp the_witcher_2/extras/the_witcher_2_redkit.zip
Rp the_witcher_2/extras/extras_pack_3_hu_pl_ru_tr_zh_.zip
Rp the_witcher_2/extras/extras_pack_2_fr_it_jp_.zip
The latest version of this distribution is available from https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/
Storage for configuration files and cookies
If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set, it will use $HOME/.config/lgogdownloader/.
$XDG_CACHE_HOME/lgogdownloader/xml/
Storage for XML files
If $XDG_CACHE_HOME is not set, it will use $HOME/.cache/lgogdownloader/xml/.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/blacklist.txt
Allows user to specify individual files that should not be downloaded or mentioned as orphans.
It doesn't have to exist, but if it does exist, it must be readable to lgogdownloader.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/gamename.conf
JSON formatted file. Sets game specific settings for gamename.
Allowed settings are language, platform and dlc.
The dlc option is limited to disabling DLC for specific game. It can't enable DLC listing/downloading if --no-dlc option is used.
Must be in the following format:
{
"language" : <int>,
"platform" : <int>,
"dlc" : <bool>
}