axel software package provides light download accelerator - console version, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install axel
axel is installed in your system.
Make ensure the axel package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep axel *
You will get with axel package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | axel |
| Version | 2.4-1 |
| Description | light download accelerator - console version |
| Sub Section | Web |