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title: Install Axel on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Axel for Linux - Lightweight CLI download accelerator
url: https://snapcraft.io/axel
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# Axel

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* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 2.17.14

Install latest/stable of Axel

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install axel
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* axel

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### License

* GPL-2.0

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### Last updated

* 3 May 2024 - latest/stable
* 26 April 2024 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/](https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/ "https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/")

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### Donations

* [liberapay.com](https://liberapay.com/ismael/donate "https://liberapay.com/ismael/donate")

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### Source code

* [github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/](https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/ "https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/snapcrafters/axel/issues](https://github.com/snapcrafters/axel/issues "https://github.com/snapcrafters/axel/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/axel#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/axel#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/axel#tab-security)

#### Lightweight CLI download accelerator

Axel is a command-line tool to download files, supporting some interesting features:

* Usage of multiple connections per file, possibly speeding up the download proccess and also balancing the load between different servers;
* Very lightweight, which can be useful specially on byte-critical systems;
* Supports the HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS protocols.

The creation of such tool was only possible thanks to the original developer of Axel, Wilmer van der Gaast, and every contributer to the project who worked over the years.

**Authors**

This snap is maintained by the Snapcrafters community, and is not necessarily endorsed or officially maintained by the upstream developers.

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## Install Axel on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/axel/raspbian)

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