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The axel Portfile 50741 2009-05-08 12:30:35Z boeyms macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
Name: axel
Version: 2.4
Category: net www
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Description: A light Unix download accelerator
Long Description: Axel does the same thing any other accelerator does: it opens more than one HTTP/FTP connection per download and each connection transfers its own, separate, part of the file. It may sound weird, but it works very well in practice.

Master Sites: http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3015
Homepage: http://axel.alioth.debian.org/
Checksums: sha1 6d89a7ce797ddf4c23a210036d640d013fe843ca

configure.args --i18n=1
build.args CFLAGS="-I${prefix}/include" LFLAGS="-L${prefix}/lib -lintl -liconv"

depends_lib port:libiconv port:gettext

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/axel
%  sudo port install axel  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching axel
--->  Verifying checksum for axel
--->  Extracting axel
--->  Configuring axel
--->  Building axel with target all

--->  Staging axel into destroot

--->  Installing axel

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using axel with these commands:

%  man axel
%  apropos axel
%  which axel
%  locate axel

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