Akamai is basically a content distribution network – they are used in the distribution of lots of content. Apple is a big customer of Akamai, but they are used to distribute large software packages. Adobe used them to distribute their software demos.

Installation Steps:

1. Open Terminal using Spotlight search by pressing  <command+space>.
   Type terminal and hit  Enter key.
2. Now, run
   ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)” < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
3. Installakamai using brew
   brew install akamai

akamaiis ready to use now!