Wget-1.20.1

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# Wget-1.20.1

## Introduction to Wget

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

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.20.1.tar.gz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.20.1.tar.gz

- Download MD5 sum: f6ebe9c7b375fc9832fb1b2028271fb7

- Download size: 4.2 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 33 MB (with tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.4 SBU (with tests)

### Wget Dependencies

#### Recommended

make-ca-1.2 (runtime)

#### Optional

GnuTLS-3.6.6, GPGME-1.12.0, HTTP-Daemon-6.01 (for the test suite), IO-Socket-SSL-2.062 (for the test suite), libidn2-2.1.1, libpsl-0.20.2, PCRE-8.42 or pcre2-10.32, Python-2.7.15 (built with ssl; for the test suite), and Valgrind-3.14.0 (for the test suite)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/wget

## Installation of Wget

Install Wget by running the following commands:

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

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

`--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-3.6.6.

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

## Configuring Wget

### Config Files

`/etc/wgetrc` and `~/.wgetrc`

## Contents

Installed Program: wget
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

### Short Descriptions

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.

Last updated on 2019-02-26 13:08:48 -0600

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