Installing and using the Axel Download tool on Linux systems

Axel is the next good http/ftp high-speed download tool for Linux. Support for multi-threaded downloads, continuous breakpoint transmission, and can download the same file from multiple addresses or multiple connections from one address. Suitable for speed without the power of multithreading download to improve download speed. For example, in the domestic VPS or server download LNMP a key installation package Axel faster than wget.

Installation

CentOS Installation Axel:

Currently there is no Axel on the Yum source and we can download the RPM package installation to http://pkgs.repoforge.org/axel/.

32-bit CentOS execute the following command:

The code is as follows:

Wget-c http://pkgs.repoforge.org/axel/axel-2.4-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

RPM-IVH axel-2.4-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

64-bit CentOS execute the following command:

The code is as follows:

Wget-c http://pkgs.repoforge.org/axel/axel-2.4-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

RPM-IVH axel-2.4-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

Debian/ubuntu installation Axel:

The code is as follows:

Apt-get Install Axel

Axel Command Use Method:

#axel [options] [download directory] [download address]

-S [x]: Specifies the maximum number of bits to download per second.

n [x]: Specifies the number of simultaneous threads to open.

-o f: Specifies the local output file.

-S [x]: Search the mirror and download from the X servers server.

-N: Do not use a proxy server.

-V: Print more status information.

-A: Print progress information.

-H: This version commands help.

-V: View version information number.

A typical download is as follows:

The code is as follows:

# axel-n 10-o/home/zm/http://lab.sa.bupt.cn/ewebeditor/uploadfile/

Download the file of the specified path to the/HOME/ZM directory with a 10 thread.