How To Install axel on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install axel
on Debian 9.
What is axel
axel is:
Axel tries to accelerate the downloading process by using multiple connections for one file, similar to DownThemAll and other famous programs. It can also use multiple mirrors for one download.
Using Axel, you will get files faster from Internet. So, Axel can speed up a download up to 60% (approximately, according to some tests).
Axel supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS protocols.
Axel tries to be as light as possible, so it might be useful as a wget clone (and other console based programs) on byte-critical systems.
There are three methods to install axel
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install axel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install axel
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install axel Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install axel
using apt
by running the following command:
Install axel Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install axel
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall axel on Debian 9
To uninstall only the axel
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall axel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall axel
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
Remove axel Configurations and Data
To remove axel
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
Remove axel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove axel
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
axel have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install axel
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.