add axel, a downloader with support for multiple connection for faster downloading

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=9139

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2fff18534c417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "axel-1.0b";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://wilmer.gaast.net/downloads/axel-1.0b.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1m3s3nviqi6n6iy7nzrdp31zn8pp6g923clsxf6m7yi1jfa1bifa";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A console downloading program. Has some features for parallel connections for faster downloading.";
+  };
+}