# AXEL #### Axel - Lightweight CLI download accelerator ## 1. Help this project ## Axel needs your help. **If you are a programmer** and want to help a nice project, this is your opportunity. Axel was imported from its old repository[1] to GitHub (the original homepage and developers are inactive). If you are interested in helping Axel, please read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file. Additionally, there is a group to discuss and to coordinate the development process[3]. You can also find other developers in the `#axel` channel on freenode. [1]: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/axel [2]: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/axel [3]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/axel-accelerator-dev ## 2. What is Axel? ## Axel tries to accelerate the download process by using multiple connections per file, and can also balance the load between different servers. Axel tries to be as light as possible, so it might be useful on byte-critical systems. Axel supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS protocols. Thanks to the original developer of Axel, Wilmer van der Gaast, and everyone else who has contributed to it. ## Building from source ## Release tarballs contain a pre-generated buildsystem, but if you need to edit/patch it, or you're building from a copy of the repository, then you may need to run `autoreconf -i` to generate it. Further instructions are provided in the [INSTALL](INSTALL) file. The basic actions for most users are: ./configure && make && make install To build without SSL/TLS support, use `./configure --without-ssl`. ### Dependencies for release tarballs ### * `gettext` (or `gettext-tiny`) * `pkg-config` Optional: * `libssl` (OpenSSL, LibreSSL or compatible) -- for SSL/TLS support. ### Extra dependencies for building from snapshots ### * `autoconf-archive` * `autoconf` * `automake` * `autopoint` * `txt2man` ### Building on Ubuntu from Git ### #### Packages #### * `build-essential` * `autoconf` * `autoconf-archive` * `automake` * `autopoint` * `gettext` * `libssl-dev` * `pkg-config` ### Build instructions ### $ autoreconf -fiv $ ./configure && make && sudo make install ## Mac OS X ## ### Install with Homebrew ### brew install axel ### Building ## Install the following homebrew packages: brew install autoconf-archive automake gettext openssl You'll need to provide some extra options to autotools so it can find gettext and openssl. GETTEXT=/usr/local/opt/gettext OPENSSL=/usr/local/opt/openssl PATH="$GETTEXT/bin:$PATH" autoreconf -fiv -I$GETTEXT/share/aclocal/ CFLAGS="-I$GETTEXT/include -I$OPENSSL/include" \ LDFLAGS=-L$GETTEXT/lib ./configure You can just run `make` as usual after these steps. ## Related projects ## * [aria2](https://github.com/aria2/aria2) * [hget](https://github.com/huydx/hget) * [lftp](https://github.com/lavv17/lftp) * [nugget](https://github.com/maxogden/nugget) * [pget](https://github.com/Code-Hex/pget) ## License ## Axel is licensed under GPL-2+ with the OpenSSL exception.