axel software package provides light command line download accelerator, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 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 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | axel |
| Version | 2.5-2 |
| Description | light command line download accelerator |
| Sub Section | web |