There are websites that reduce the download speed per connection. With Axel you’ll be able to download much faster as it opens several connections, thus increasing the download speed.
How to install Axel Download Accelerator ?
$ wget http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3016/axel-2.4.tar.bz2
$ tar -zxvf
$ ./configure
$ make install
Downloading with Axel Download Accelerator:
Just use the command“axel” followed by the link to the file:
$ axel http://www.scilab.org/download/5.3.3/scilab-5.3.3.bin.linux-i686.tar.gz
Output:
Initializing download: http://www.scilab.org/download/5.3.3/scilab-5.3.3.bin.linux-i686.tar.gz
File size: 148844055 bytes
Opening output file scilab-5.3.3.bin.linux-i686.tar.gz.1
State file found: 367393 bytes downloaded, 148476662 to go.
Starting download,,,,,,,,. ………. ………. ………. [ 16.7KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 32.6KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 40.9KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 49.2KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 55.1KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 66.5KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 76.4KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 81.6KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 83.5KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 92.6KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 93.5KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 93.7KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 91.4KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 94.5KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 96.1KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 93.3KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 98.9KB/s]
[ 0%] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. [ 100.3KB/s]
………………………………………………………………
Downloaded 141.9 megabytes in 15:47 seconds. (153.33 KB/s)
There are some optional parameters, such as limiting the download speed, number of connections and so on:
