Wget-1.24.5

Introduction to Wget

The Wget package contains a utility useful for non-interactive downloading of files from the Web.

GnuTLS-3.8.7.1, HTTP-Daemon (for the test suite), IO-Socket-SSL (for the test suite), libidn2-2.3.7, pcre2-10.44, and Valgrind (for the test suite)

Install Wget by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr      \
            --sysconfdir=/etc  \
            --with-ssl=openssl &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Some tests may fail when Valgrind tests are enabled.

Now, as the root user:

make install

--sysconfdir=/etc: This relocates the configuration file from /usr/etc to /etc.

--with-ssl=openssl: This allows the program to use openssl instead of GnuTLS.

--enable-valgrind-tests: This allows the tests to be run under valgrind.

/etc/wgetrc and ~/.wgetrc

Installed Program: wget

Installed Libraries: None

Installed Directories: None

wget

retrieves files from the Web using the HTTP, HTTPS and FTP protocols. It is designed to be non-interactive, for background or unattended operations