Axel tries to accelerate the download process by using multiple connections per file, and can also balance the load between different servers.
... part of T2, get it here
URL: https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
Author: Ismael Luceno
Maintainer: The T2 Project <t2 [at] t2-project [dot] org>
License: GPL
Status: Stable
Version: 2.17.14
Download: https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/tags/download/v2.17.14/ axel-2.17.14.tar.xz
T2 source: axel.cache
T2 source: axel.desc
Build time (on reference hardware): 5% (relative to binutils)2
Installed size (on reference hardware): 0.17 MB, 20 files
Dependencies (build time detected): 00-dirtree bash coreutils diffutils findutils gawk git grep linux-header make openssl sed tar xz
Installed files (on reference hardware): n.a.
1) This page was automatically generated from the T2 package source. Corrections, such as dead links, URL changes or typos need to be performed directly on that source.
2) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).