ProZilla

ProZilla is a fantastic download accelerator for Linux that can seriously boost your file downloading speeds by 200% to 300%! That's right, you'll get your files faster than ever.

Key Features of ProZilla

Here are some cool things about ProZilla:

• It supports both FTP and HTTP, including redirection (thanks to ProZilla & ProzGUI).


• You can resume downloads if they get interrupted (ProZilla & ProzGUI).


• The software will download files as quickly as your internet allows, unless you specify otherwise (ProZilla & ProzGUI).


• This isn't just another download tool; it really works unlike some other options out there for Linux!


• You can set the number of connections ProZilla uses (ProZilla & ProzGUI).


• The FTPsearch feature helps find mirror locations and automatically picks the fastest server (ProZilla & ProzGUI).


• You can download parts of the same file from different servers at once to speed things up (ProzGUI).

How to Install ProZilla

If you want to get started with ProZilla, you'll need to unpack the tarball first. Just run this command in your terminal:

tar -xzvf prozilla-xxx.tar.gz

(Replace xxx with the version number; for example, if it's prozilla-1.3.6, type tar -xzvf prozilla-1.3.6.tar.gz). After that, change into the unpacked ProZilla directory and run:

./configure

This sets everything up for you!

Compiling and Installing

Once configuration is done, just type:

make

This compiles the package. To install it, switch to root and enter:

make install

This will put the files in the default location: /usr/local/bin. If you want a different directory, use the --prefix option like this:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Your First Download with ProZilla!

The syntax for downloading a file is simple: just use this format:

proz < URL >

An example would be:

proz http://genesys.ro/downloads/prozilla/tarballs/prozilla-1.3.6.tar.gz

This connects to genesys.ro and downloads prozilla-1.3.6.tar.gz using default settings.

A Quick Note!

Please remember that recursive downloads aren't supported! So using something like this won't work: