# aria2 mit Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für aria2 in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:aria2
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install aria2
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install aria2
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: net/aria2/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add aria2
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install aria2
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: aria2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install aria2
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: aria2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#aria2
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ar/aria2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S aria2
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: aria2 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install aria2
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: aria2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install aria2
```

  Evidenz: Chocolatey community package catalog: aria2 from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','another-redis-desktop-manager'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/aria2
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/aria2.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id aria2.aria2 -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: aria2.aria2 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:aria2
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.37.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Download with resuming and segmented downloading
- **Homepage:** <https://aria2.github.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/aria2/aria2>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-23T23:26:16+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- aria2c (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.37.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

aria2 is a command-line download utility whose upstream documentation emphasizes protocol breadth: HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink, with segmented transfers and multi-source downloads. In package-manager culture it sits in the same mental drawer as wget, curl, transmission-cli, and rsync-adjacent fetch tooling, but its distinctive appeal is being a single small CLI that can resume, split, verify, and remote-control downloads.

### Projektgeschichte

The project is maintained at github.com/aria2/aria2 and presents itself as an ultra-fast download utility. Its README and manual describe a mature 1.x project with a long-running monthly-minor release policy: minor releases are planned for the 15th of each month when there are changes, patch releases are reserved for security fixes, and the major version is intended to remain 1 for the time being.

aria2 grew around features that mattered to Unix download automation before every platform had polished GUI download managers: segmented HTTP/FTP transfers, BitTorrent support, Metalink checksums, proxy support, cookies, IPv6, daemon mode, and JSON-RPC/XML-RPC control. The manual also documents configuration-file and netrc support, making it practical as both an interactive downloader and a scripted service.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The supplied package facts show aria2 packaged across many ecosystems, including Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, Nix, MacPorts, Chocolatey, Scoop, Winget, and zypper. That breadth matches the tool's niche: it is portable enough for developer laptops, CI machines, servers, and Windows package collections.

aria2 is widely useful to package nerds because it can be a download backend rather than only a user-facing command. Its support for parallel sources, resume files, proxies, checksum-oriented Metalink workflows, and RPC control made it attractive wherever a package script or download manager wants more than a simple one-shot HTTP fetch.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The executable is aria2c. Typical use is direct CLI fetching, batch input files, BitTorrent/Metalink downloads, or running aria2 as a daemon controlled through RPC. The official manual documents ~/.aria2/aria2.conf and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aria2/aria2.conf as configuration paths, and ~/.netrc as the default netrc credential file.

Common package-manager usage is to install aria2 as a smarter downloader for large assets, flaky mirrors, torrents, or Metalink-enabled distributions. Because options can be placed in a config file, users can set split counts, proxy behavior, download directories, RPC settings, and authentication defaults without rewriting every command line.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

aria2 matters because it compresses several downloader roles into one packageable CLI. It is small enough to be a dependency, scriptable enough for automation, and featureful enough to replace ad hoc combinations of curl, wget, torrent clients, and checksum wrappers in many workflows.

Its Metalink and segmented-transfer support are especially package-nerdy: mirrors, chunk checksums, resume state, and bandwidth utilization are the kinds of concerns that appear when downloading operating-system images, language toolchains, release archives, and large binary artifacts.

### Zeitleiste

- 2015: Official GitHub release entries show active 1.x releases such as release-1.19.x.
- 2016-2017: Official release entries show a regular 1.x cadence through releases such as 1.20.0 through 1.33.1.
- 2026: The current README still documents the 1.x versioning policy and the official manual remains the primary user documentation.

### Related projects

- Related tools include curl and wget for HTTP-style fetching, BitTorrent clients for swarm downloads, Metalink-aware distribution download workflows, and RPC-controlled download managers.
- aria2 also overlaps with package-manager fetch backends because it can resume, split, proxy, authenticate, and validate downloads from one CLI.

### Quellen

- <https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/aria2c.html>
- <https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aria2/aria2/master/README.rst>
- input.source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.aria2/aria2.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aria2/aria2.conf

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.netrc
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - aria2 - 1.37.0+debian-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: aria2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | High speed download utility | https://aria2.github.io/
- Debian apt - libaria2-0 - 1.37.0+debian-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaria2-0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C++ library interface to aria2 | https://aria2.github.io/
- Debian apt - libaria2-0-dev - 1.37.0+debian-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaria2-0-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | High speed download utility (Development files) | https://aria2.github.io/
- Nix - aria2: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ar/aria2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - aria2 - 1.37.0+debian-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: aria2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | High speed download utility | https://aria2.github.io/
- Ubuntu apt - libaria2-0 - 1.37.0+debian-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaria2-0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C++ library interface to aria2 | https://aria2.github.io/
- Ubuntu apt - libaria2-0-dev - 1.37.0+debian-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaria2-0-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | High speed download utility (Development files) | https://aria2.github.io/
- apk - aria2 - 1.37.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Download utility for HTTP(S), (S)FTP, Bittorrent, and Metalink | https://aria2.github.io/
- apk - aria2-bash-completion - 1.37.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for aria2 | https://aria2.github.io/
- apk - aria2-daemon - 1.37.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2-daemon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Support for running Aria2 as a daemon using OpenRC | https://aria2.github.io/
- apk - aria2-dbg - 1.37.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Download utility for HTTP(S), (S)FTP, Bittorrent, and Metalink (debug symbols) | https://aria2.github.io/
- apk - aria2-doc - 1.37.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: aria2-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Download utility for HTTP(S), (S)FTP, Bittorrent, and Metalink (documentation) | https://aria2.github.io/
- dnf - aria2 - 1.37.0-10.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: aria2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | High speed download utility with resuming and segmented downloading | http://aria2.github.io/
- pacman - aria2 - 1.37.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: aria2 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Download utility that supports HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink | https://aria2.github.io
- zypper - aria2 - 1.37.0-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: aria2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Parallelizing Multi-Protocol Utility for Downloading Files | https://aria2.github.io
- zypper - aria2-devel - 1.37.0-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: aria2-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development files for aria2 | https://aria2.github.io


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/aria2.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/aria2.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph