Fast download tools for ubuntu

https://aria2.github.io/

aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink. aria2 can be manipulated via built-in JSON-RPC and XML-RPC interfaces.

$  sudo apt-get install aria2

Usage Examples

Command-line scares you off? No, aria2 is really easy to use!!

Download from WEB:

$ aria2c http://example.org/mylinux.iso

Download from 2 sources:

$ aria2c http://a/f.iso ftp://b/f.iso

Download using 2 connections per host:

$ aria2c -x2 http://a/f.iso

BitTorrent:

$ aria2c http://example.org/mylinux.torrent

BitTorrent Magnet URI:


$ aria2c 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:248D0A1CD08284299DE78D5C1ED359BB46717D8C'

Metalink:


$ aria2c http://example.org/mylinux.metalink

Download URIs found in text file:


$ aria2c -i uris.txt