How To Install axel on Fedora 34

axel is Light command line download accelerator for Linux and Unix

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install axel on Fedora 34.

What is axel

Axel tries to accelerate HTTP/FTP downloading process by using multiple connections for one file. It can use multiple mirrors for a download. Axel has no dependencies and is lightweight, so it might be useful as a wget clone on byte-critical systems.

We can use yum or dnf to install axel on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install axel.

Install axel on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install axel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install axel

Install axel on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install axel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install axel

How To Uninstall axel on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the axel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove axel

axel Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/axelrc
/usr/bin/axel
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/9e668870d2a6e86a67a0a3ba2dafdb08f6f3e5
/usr/share/doc/axel
/usr/share/doc/axel/API
/usr/share/doc/axel/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/axel/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/axel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/axel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/axel
/usr/share/licenses/axel/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/id_ID/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/axel.1.gz
/etc/axelrc
/usr/bin/axel
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/189455bafb0ea00a4498b75db413e781e41067
/usr/share/doc/axel
/usr/share/doc/axel/API
/usr/share/doc/axel/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/axel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/axel
/usr/share/licenses/axel/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/id_ID/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/axel.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/axel.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install axel on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.