How To Install wget on CentOS 8

wget is A utility for retrieving files using the HTTP or FTP protocols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wget on CentOS 8.

What is `wget`

GNU Wget is a file retrieval utility which can use either the HTTP or FTP protocols. Wget features include the ability to work in the background while you are logged out, recursive retrieval of directories, file name wildcard matching, remote file timestamp storage and comparison, use of Rest with FTP servers and Range with HTTP servers to retrieve files over slow or unstable connections, support for Proxy servers, and configurability.

We can use yum or dnf to install wget on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wget.

Install wget on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install wget using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wget

Install wget on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install wget using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wget

How To Uninstall wget on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the wget package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wget

wget Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/wgetrc
/usr/bin/wget
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/ec58c9a41fa3f0d9966de12c634bfa25b11451
/usr/share/doc/wget
/usr/share/doc/wget/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/wget/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/wget/MAILING-LIST
/usr/share/doc/wget/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/wget/README
/usr/share/doc/wget/sample.wgetrc
/usr/share/info/wget.info.gz
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/wget.1.gz

References

wget website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wget on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.