Wget installation

This article outlines the procedure to install Wget on various operating systems.

macOS

The Rudix project provides Wget installers for various versions of macOS.

Alternately if you have one of the following package managers installed, it's probably best to install Wget with it:

• Fink: fink install wget
• Homebrew: brew install wget
• MacPorts: sudo port install wget

If you really want to you can also build Wget from source. You need to install Xcode or at least the Command Line Tools, after that you can follow the instructions for building Wget on Linux.

Windows

If you're using Windows 10 and have installed the Windows Subsystem for Linux, you can just follow the instructions above for Ubuntu.

If you are using an older version of Windows or don't wish to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux you can download Wget for Windows, which is part of the GNUWin32 project.

After installation, you will probably want to add it to your Path so that you can run it directly from the command prompt instead of specifying its absolute file path (i.e. "wget" instead of "C:\Program Files\GNUWin32\bin\wget.exe").

These are the instructions for Windows 7 users. Prior versions should be relatively similar.

1. Install Wget
2. Right-click My Computer and select Properties
3. Select Advanced System Settings from the left
4. Click the Environment Variables button in the bottom-right corner
5. Under System Variables, find the Path variable and click Edit
6. Carefully insert the path to Wget's bin folder followed by a semi-colon. Getting this wrong could cause some nasty system problems
   • Your Wget path should be inserted like this: C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin;
7. When done, click OK through all the dialog boxes you opened
8. The changes should apply immediately under Windows 7. Older versions may require a reboot.
9. To test the settings, open a command prompt and enter "wget".