Installation of axel
1. Introduction to Axel:
Axel is a good HTTP/FTP download tool for Linux. Support multi-thread download, breakpoint resume, and can download the same file from multiple addresses or multiple connections from one address. Suitable for multi-thread download when the speed is not strong to improve download speed. For example, in the domestic VPS or server download lnmp one-click installation package with Axel faster than wget.
2. Axel download:
There is currently no Axel on the yum source, we can go to http://pkgs.repoforce.org/axel/to download the rpm package installation.
3. Installation of Axel:
# tar -xvf axel-2.4.tar.gz# cd axel-2.4# ./ configure --prefix=/usr/local/axel #Check whether the compilation environment is complete and establish a default installation directory Cannot find a C compiler, aborting. #This is due to the lack of gcc compiler. The gcc compiler is a way to convert source #Code handles important programs for machine recognizable binary files. #In other words, if there is no gcc compiler, you cannot pass the source code side #Install the program. Most systems are installed by default, but also #A small number of systems are not installed.# yum groupinstall "Development tools"# ./ configure --prefix=/usr/local/axel The strip option is enabled. This should not be a problem usually, but on some systems it breaks stuff. Configuration done: Internationalization enabled. Debugging disabled. Binary stripping enabled.# make# make install #install # echo 'PATH=/usr/local/axle/bin:$PATH' > /etc/profile.d/axel.sh #axelExecution path # . /etc/profile #Make Configuration File Effective
4. Add the axel-man search command
# vim /etc/man.config# MANPATH /usr/local/axel/share/man
5. Common options
-S[x]: download simultaneously using x images
-s x: Set download speed to x
Q: No information is sent.
-n: Specifies the connections available for selection
-o: Specify download storage directory
6. Examples
# axel -S4 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2
