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Working with large file downloads over unstable internet connections can sometimes lead to interrupted downloads. This can be particularly frustrating, especially if the download has progressed significantly. It's often …
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Apt-get is an advanced packaging tool for Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distribution, used primarily to install packages into the system. Running the following apt-get command will automatically download and install the package and all it’s dependencies.

sudo apt-get install package-name

If you are for some reason want apt-get to just download the packages and dependencies without installing it, simply add -d switch to the command as the following.

sudo apt-get install -d package-name

To confirm that the package is not installed, you’re presented with the following output when the command done executing.

Download complete and in download only mode

Download accelerator works by splitting a download into multiple segments, and they are downloaded in parallel, each with a separate connection. It circumvents the download speed cap by some …
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From the man page, axel is a program that downloads a file from a FTP or HTTP server through multiple connection, each connection downloads its own part of the file.

Unlike most other programs, Axel downloads all the data directly to the destination file, using one single thread. It just saves some time at the end because the program doesn’t have to concatenate all the downloaded parts.

The following is an example of using axel to download a Linux kernel;

$ axel http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.26.tar.bz2
Initializing download: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.26.tar.bz2
File size: 15754692 bytes
Opening output file linux-2.2.26.tar.bz2
State file found: 140628 bytes downloaded, 15614064 to go.
Starting download

[  1%] [0            1           2            3           ] [  17.3KB/s] [14:38]

It accept the following options;

--max-speed=x           -s x    Specify maximum speed (bytes per second)
--num-connections=x     -n x    Specify maximum number of connections
--output=f              -o f    Specify local output file
--search[=x]            -S [x]  Search for mirrors and download from x servers
--no-proxy              -N      Just don't use any proxy server
--quiet                 -q      Leave stdout alone
--verbose               -v      More status information
--alternate             -a      Alternate progress indicator

Google Chrome is not available in Ubuntu's default apt repositories though Chromium is. It makes installing Google Chrome on Ubuntu not as straightforward as possible.

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Git is by far the most widely used distributed version control system while being free and open source. git client is not installed by default in the desktop variants …
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The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) allows you to run Java applications on your computer. It includes the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), responsible for executing Java code, and a set …
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You need a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to run Java applications on your system. A JRE includes the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and other libraries necessary to run Java …
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Java Runtime Environment (JRE) provides the necessary components to run Java applications on your systems. A JRE includes the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), the Java class libraries, and other …
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Java Developer Kit (JDK) is required for developing and compiling Java applications. Some of the popular JDKs are provided by OpenJDK and Oracle. OpenJDK is an open-source implementation of …
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