Install Prozilla Download Accelerator and Apt-proz in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS via PPA
Prozilla is a Fast and lightweight internet download accelerator apps ncurses based in ubuntu linux. it running in command line mode, support parallel download, pause and resume both HTTP and FTP protocol. prozilla has FTP search feature too which can search faster FTP server for the file you’re downloading.
Apt-proz is a simple bash script to accelerate the download process via apt, it can increase apt-get download speed by many times. The idea is based on apt-fast by Matt Parnell. While apt-fast uses axel or aria2c to increase its download speed, apt-proz uses ProZilla engine instead.
How to Install Prozilla and Apt-proz in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
to install prozilla download accelerator and apt-proz in ubuntu 12.04 lts precise pangolin, add PPA below with following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tahutek-team/prozilla sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install prozilla apt-proz
How to Use Prozilla
In this case w’ll download ubuntu iso image with prozilla, let see
General usage
proz download_url proz http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso
To resume download you can use following command
proz -r download_url proz -r http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso
To Limit download speed you can use following command, ex: 12800 bps
proz --max-bps=12800 download_url proz --max-bps=12800 http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso
FTP search
proz -s download_url proz -s http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso
For More prozilla options you can type command below in terminal
proz --help
How to Use APT-Proz
Usage apt-Proz is easy because that similarity with the apt-get command. Run “apt-proz install package-name” to install package, “sudo apt-get upgrade” and “sudo apt-get dist-upgrade” to perform an upgrade