How To Install wget on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install wget on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wget.

Install wget on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install wget

Install wget on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove wget

wget Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/wgetrc
/usr/bin/wget
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/6a762c9d8cd9dcbedf7c55de847ac7c20f0ae8
/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 Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.