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title: Install Suck the InTernet on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Suck the InTernet for on elementary OS - SuckIT
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/suckit/elementary
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# Install Suck the InTernet on **elementary OS**

# Suck the InTernet (suckit)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/suckit/elementary#install)

#### SuckIT

SuckIT allows you to recursively visit and download a website's content to your disk.

```
 suckit 0.2.0
 CLI arguments

 USAGE:
     suckit [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <url>

 FLAGS:
     -c, --continue-on-error                  Flag to enable or disable exit on error
         --disable-certs-checks               Dissable SSL certificates verification
         --dry-run                            Do everything without saving the files to the disk
     -h, --help                               Prints help information
     -V, --version                            Prints version information
     -v, --verbose                            Enable more information regarding the scraping process
         --visit-filter-is-download-filter    Use the dowload filter in/exclude regexes for visiting as well

 OPTIONS:
     -a, --auth <auth>...
             HTTP basic authentication credentials space-separated as "username password host". Can be repeated for
             multiple credentials as "u1 p1 h1 u2 p2 h2"
         --delay <delay>
             Add a delay in seconds between downloads to reduce the likelihood of getting banned [default: 0]

     -d, --depth <depth>
             Maximum recursion depth to reach when visiting. Default is -1 (infinity) [default: -1]

     -e, --exclude-download <exclude-download>
             Regex filter to exclude saving pages that match this expression [default: $^]

         --exclude-visit <exclude-visit>
             Regex filter to exclude visiting pages that match this expression [default: $^]

         --ext-depth <ext-depth>
             Maximum recursion depth to reach when visiting external domains. Default is 0. -1 means infinity [default:
             0]
     -i, --include-download <include-download>
             Regex filter to limit to only saving pages that match this expression [default: .*]

         --include-visit <include-visit>
             Regex filter to limit to only visiting pages that match this expression [default: .*]

     -j, --jobs <jobs>                            Maximum number of threads to use concurrently [default: 1]
     -o, --output <output>                        Output directory
         --random-range <random-range>
             Generate an extra random delay between downloads, from 0 to this number. This is added to the base delay
             seconds [default: 0]
     -t, --tries <tries>                          Maximum amount of retries on download failure [default: 20]
     -u, --user-agent <user-agent>                User agent to be used for sending requests [default: suckit]

 ARGS:
     <url>    Entry point of the scraping
```

This is an unofficial package of the SuckIT source which can be found at <https://github.com/Skallwar/suckit>. Made using the snap configuration found at <https://github.com/popey/suckit-snap>

### Package name

* suckit

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 25 September 2023 - latest/stable
* 25 September 2023 - latest/beta

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/popey/suckit-snap](https://github.com/popey/suckit-snap "https://github.com/popey/suckit-snap")

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/suckit/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Suck the InTernet

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Suck the InTernet

To install Suck the InTernet, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install suckit
```

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