Compile, install, configure aria2 from scratch on a raspberry pi 3 (stretch)

you can check for the latest version here: https://aria2.github.io/

wget https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/download/release-1.33.1/aria2-1.33.1.tar.bz2

tar xvjf aria2-1.33.1.tar.bz2

cd aria2whatever

./configure

make

sudo make install

sudo adduser aria2c

Create a systemd service to run in background on boot

[Unit]
Description=Aria2 RPC Service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=aria2
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/aria2c --conf-path=/home/aria2/.aria2/aria2.conf --daemon

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

References

https://aria2.github.io/
https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2