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Overview

Yum-axelget is a plugin for yum that accelerates download rate with multi-threads by axel.

Feature:

• Use axel to download rpm pakcage, as well as delta package(a.k.a drpm or presto)
• Also download repo metadata based on yum.conf.mdpolicy
• Format the output of axel and let it look like default yum progress bar

Download

You can get the program from https://github.com/crook/yum-axelget/releases.

or get latest codes:

git clone https://github.com/crook/yum-axelget

Installation

Before install yum-axelget, you need to install the following dependences:

sudo yum install axel
sudo yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror

Now 'yum-axelget' are in Fedora Official Repository. On Fedora, use this command to install:

sudo yum install yum-axelget

Run 'sudo python setup.py install' in source directory. or:

sudo cp axelget.conf /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/
sudo cp axelget.py  /usr/lib/yum-plugins/

Debug

Run sudo /usr/bin/yum --debuglevel=3 YumCommand

Please send the console output of the above command for help and support

Contribution

• Get code from https://github.com/crook/yum-axelget
• Change and test in your localhost
• Send pull request to https://github.com/crook/yum-axelget
• You can also help to review patches in https://github.com/crook/yum-axelget/pulls

Help&Support

Disable axelget plugin firstly to check yum is working well:

sudo yum --disableplugin=axelget YumCommand

If yes, it should be a bug with yum-axelget.

Please report your problem by create a new issue in github: https://github.com/crook/yum-axelget/issues

Or send email to Ray Chen [email protected]