How to Install and Uninstall aria2.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: January 12,2025

1. Install "aria2.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to install aria2.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "aria2.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall aria2.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the aria2.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : aria2
Version : 1.35.0
Release : 2.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 1.4 M
Source : aria2-1.35.0-2.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : High speed download utility with resuming and segmented downloading
URL : http://aria2.github.io/
License : GPLv2+ with exceptions
Description : aria2 is a download utility with resuming and segmented downloading.
: Supported protocols are HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent. It also supports Metalink
: version 3.0.
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: Currently it has following features:
: - HTTP/HTTPS GET support
: - HTTP Proxy support
: - HTTP BASIC authentication support
: - HTTP Proxy authentication support
: - FTP support(active, passive mode)
: - FTP through HTTP proxy(GET command or tunneling)
: - Segmented download
: - Cookie support
: - It can run as a daemon process.
: - BitTorrent protocol support with fast extension.
: - Selective download in multi-file torrent
: - Metalink version 3.0 support(HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent).
: - Limiting download/upload speed