# axel を Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper でインストール

axel のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:axel
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install axel
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install axel
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add axel
```

  証拠: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: axel from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install axel
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install axel
```

  証拠: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: axel 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#axel
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S axel
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install axel
```

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

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install axel
```

  証拠: Chocolatey community package catalog: axel from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.5836','capture'

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:axel
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 2.17.14
- **ソース概要:** Light UNIX download accelerator
- **ホームページ:** <https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel>
- **最終更新:** 2026-05-22T00:21:11+09:00
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- axel (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 2.17.14
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

Axel is a lightweight command-line download accelerator for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPS. Its core trick is old-school and Unix-friendly: split a file across multiple connections, write directly into the destination file, and keep the program small enough for constrained systems.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The current official GitHub repository was created in August 2015 under the axel-download-accelerator organization. The README credits Wilmer van der Gaast as the original developer and notes that the project has had contributors over the years, reflecting a continuation of an older Unix utility rather than a brand-new 2015 tool.

The project has stayed intentionally narrow. The official manual page describes a program that downloads through multiple connections, supports mirror URLs, can search for mirrors, and reads simple system-wide and per-user rc files. The README still points users to the man page rather than a large web documentation site.

### 採用の歴史

Axel's adoption is visible in its packaging footprint. The batch input lists packages across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, openSUSE/Zypper, Arch/Pacman, Alpine/APK, MacPorts, Nix, and Chocolatey. That spread is characteristic of a mature small CLI: it is not a platform product, but it is useful enough to be available almost everywhere package nerds look first.

### 使われ方

Users run `axel` with one or more URLs, choose connection counts with `--num-connections`, limit bandwidth with `--max-speed`, resume interrupted transfers from state, and optionally configure defaults in `/etc/axelrc` or `~/.axelrc`. The man page also documents proxy, protocol, output, progress, and timeout flags.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

Axel matters in package-manager culture because it represents the tiny C utility lane next to heavier downloaders such as aria2. It gives maintainers a low-dependency, autotools-built downloader with a stable CLI, a man page, and config files in conventional Unix locations.

Its long packaging tail also makes it a useful compatibility check for distro maintainers: TLS library choices, getopt behavior, rc-file locations, and documentation installation paths all matter more here than shiny features.

### タイムライン

- 2015: Current official GitHub repository created.
- 2017: GitHub releases include the v2.14 and v2.16 series.
- 2019: v2.17 release series begins.
- 2024: v2.17.14 release published.

### Related projects

- The official README lists aria2, hget, lftp, nugget, and pget as related projects.

### ソース

- GitHub releases API lists v2.14 in 2017, v2.17 in 2019, and v2.17.14 in 2024.
- GitHub repository metadata: created_at 2015-08-13.
- Official README credits original developer Wilmer van der Gaast and long-running contributors.
- Official manpage documents purpose, protocols, rc files, and examples.
- input.source_facts.package-manager lists broad distro and package-manager adoption.


## セキュリティノート

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

- **Geiger リスク:** blue / 中
- 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: /etc/axelrc, ~/.axelrc
## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Debian apt - axel - 2.17.14-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: axel from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | light command line download accelerator | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- Nix - axel: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ax/axel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - axel - 2.17.13-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: axel from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | light command line download accelerator | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- apk - axel - 2.17.14-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: axel from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A multiple-connection concurrent downloader | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- apk - axel-doc - 2.17.14-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: axel-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A multiple-connection concurrent downloader (documentation) | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- dnf - axel - 2.17.14-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: axel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Light command line download accelerator for Linux and Unix | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- pacman - axel - 2.17.14-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: axel from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Light command line download accelerator | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- zypper - axel - 2.17.14-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: axel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Lightweight Download Accelerator | https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
- MacPorts - axel: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/axel/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - axel: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: axel from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.5836','capture'


## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

- 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