How To Install axel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install axel
on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install axel.
Install axel on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install axel
using yum
by running the following command:
Install axel on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install axel
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall axel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the axel
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install axel
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.