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* Supported architectures *
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My primary development platform is Debian Potato at the moment, the program
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should compile on any decent Linux system. Additionaly, it should compile
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(and run) on BSD, Solaris, Darwin (Mac OS X) and Win32 (Cygwin) systems. If
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you want to run Axel on AtheOS, please try an older Axel (0.96b), since that
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version can be compiled without pthreads. AtheOS does implement threads, but
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not (yet) pthreads.
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If the configure script does weird things on your system, please do warn me!
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I test it on as many machines and OS'es as possible, but still anything can
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go wrong.
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* How to install/use *
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Run the configure script (you can supply some options if you want, try
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'./configure --help' for more info) and then run make. The program should
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compile then. There are no special requirements for Axel. You can install
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the program using 'make install' or you can just run it from the current
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directory. You can copy the axelrc.example file to ~/.axelrc then, if you
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want to change some of the settings.
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Run the program like this:
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axel ftp://ftp.nl.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.20.tar.bz2
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For a simple single-server-multiple-connection download, or:
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axel ftp://ftp.{nl,be,de}.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.20.tar.bz2
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If you want to use those three servers for the download. The program can do
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an automatic search for FTP mirrors as well (filesearching.com), but that's
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not yet perfect... Just try the -S option. (The line above should at least
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work with the Bash shell. You can type all the mirrors by hand as well, if
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you really want to, and/or of necessary...)
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Just one other thing you should keep in mind when using this program: Some
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FTP operators don't like people who use download accelerators. To quote an
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administrator at Progeny.Com in a mail to me:
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<quote> Additionally, I should mention that accelerated downloads are
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discouraged as I consider them abusive. </quote>
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And he certainly has a point.. Using more than one server at once is a fine
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solution IMHO, so please use this feature if possible!
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Wilmer van der Gaast. <lintux@lintux.cx>
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